Thanks, I was thinking about the T for the oil to.
Those radiator hose adapters you sell are awesome. Very good work. Nice
job. I think I shall order one from you.
Thanks
Tom
jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>TomBuban <tombuban@4wheelair.com> wrote:
>
>: I already know this. I want to put some Autometer gauges in, and if I
>: get ride of the stock sending units it might give me a code, plus its
>: nice to have the stock ones as back up. I want to know where ELSE I can
>: install then easily.
>
>
> For the oil pressure sender, you can just install a tee. I've
>never messed with the oil pressure sender on a Magnum engine but
>I assume it is a NPT thread of some type. Use a tee or whatever
>hardware you need to in order to be able to install the stock and
>aftermarket senders at the same time.
>
> The water temp is not as simple; you can't use a tee because you
>need the senders to be in the water flow in order to be accurate.
>(Convection just doesn't do the trick - I tried.) :-) I believe
>you have a GenIII Dak, which means you've only got one 1/8" NPT hole
>for the water temp sender in the intake, and I don't *think* there
>are any extras up there. You basically have two options here,
>either find a spot on the intake to drill and tap the appropriate
>threads (which usually means pulling the intake or using lots of
>grease, a vacuum cleaner, etc. to be extra, extra careful not to
>let metal bits run free through your cooling system) or you can
>install an adapter in your upper radiator hose to put the Autometer
>sender in. The downside to the upper radiator hose route is that the
>gauge won't start to register until your thermostat opens, but after
>that it's quite accurate. I use one on my '96 Dakota. If you are
>interested in such an adapter, I developed these way back when for
>the MPI install kits, but I sell them separately also; $20 in either
>1/8 or 3/8 NPT, a little more if you want it powdercoated. You can
>check 'em out at www.steigerperformance.com (Shamless plug I know,
>but you did ask...) :-) Oh, a third route would be to get an intake
>manifold from a '92-95 318 or '93-95 360 and swap it for your current
>'96+ intake. They have two 1/8 NPT temp sensor bungs. Be aware
>though that the older intake will have provisions for EGR, so you
>will need an EGR block-off plate to install it in a '96+ truck.
>(Shameless plug #2: I sell those also.) ;-) Which route is most
>attractive to you I guess depends on what you are looking for,
>how much you want to spend and how much work you want to do! :-)
>The least expensive would probably be the drill/tap route, assuming
>you already have the proper size drill and tap; if not then its
>probably a toss up between that and the upper radiator hose adapter.
>The easiest as far as labor goes would definitely be the upper radiator
>hose adapter.
>
> I hope that helps; good luck with it!
>
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