Re: Re: Ram Question - Oil Pressure

From: George T. Geissinger (ustow@ptd.net)
Date: Fri Feb 09 2001 - 17:49:17 EST


If you go to a parts store to buy the new gauge ask them to pull a new
sending unit out for your truck and give you a T to pit on the end. you will
porobably need a short nipple too. Yes you will T it off at the sender put
the T in so you have clearance to screw the old sender in.
GEORGE!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Steiger" <jon@dakota-truck.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Ram Question - Oil Pressure

> ustow@ptd.net ("George T. Geissinger") wrote in
> <015b01c092d8$4bad1740$578cbacc@computer>:
>
> >Hook a real oil pressure gauge on it , a mechanical one. If you want you
> >could T it in and have both. Then watch to see if the new one takes a
> >dive. If it does it sounds like you have somthing moveing around
> >blocking the screen or the pick-up is loose. If the new one stays steady
> >and the old one acts up either a bad sender or a bad wire.
> >I never trust electrical gauges. Ever see on in a race car??
> > GEORGE!
>
>
> Anyone have any experience with this on the Magnum motors? Do you just
tee
> off where the old sender is? I assume its some sort of NPT connection?
>
> --
>
> -Jon-
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