Oil pump fitting

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Escort01

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I'm wanting to connect an oil pressure gauge to my 30 Tudor. I have an oil filter installed and want to know if I can put a t-fitting in the oil pump plug hole to make it work. I'm very new at this and need all the help I can get. Thanx for any help.
 
If you have the same type of fitting I do, a Tee works great. Unless you have a high pressure pump don't expect to see much action on the press gauge. Maybe a couple, to five pounds when cold but dropping off considerably when warmed to operating temperature.
 
ford31 said:
is there a guage that will adapt to oil pump plug hole
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Most of the gauges that I've seen come with the 1/8" NPT X oil line fitting. If they don't, the vendors have a kit that includes the proper fittings and the copper line to connect the gauge to the block.

(Tom types faster than I do!)
 

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CarlG said:
Most of the gauges that I've seen come with the 1/8" NPT X oil line fitting. If they don't, the vendors have a kit that includes the proper fittings and the copper line to connect the gauge to the block.

(Tom types faster than I do!)
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But, a picture is worth a thousand words, so you wrote much more than I did.:D
 
Escort01 said:
I'm wanting to connect an oil pressure gauge to my 30 Tudor. I have an oil filter installed and want to know if I can put a t-fitting in the oil pump plug hole to make it work. I'm very new at this and need all the help I can get. Thanx for any help.
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A word of caution:

The casting around the oil port is not very thick and will break if too much force is used, so be gentle with tightening the fittings.
 
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