[DeTomaso] Oil Pressure Gauges

Charles McCall charlesmccall at gmail.com
Mon Mar 30 06:51:40 EDT 2015


I'm late to answer, but I installed a mechanical gauge because I didn't
like what my stock gauge was showing. My stock gauge reads a little over
half what is indicated on my mechanical gauge, fwiw...

On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 9:26 PM, Stephen <steve at snclocks.com> wrote:

>    When going through 5332's engine I replaced the oil pressure sender
>    with a sender from NAPA - their part OP6091.  With the new sender,
>    which their parts book listed for my '73 Pantera, it appears the oil
>    pressure gauge reads pretty much half what the actual pressure is.  Any
>    comments from the folks who know about such things?
>
>
>    I did verify a good ground at the sender, and the engine has two new
>    ground straps.  Voltage is around 14 to 14.5.
>
>
>    Stephen Nelson
>
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   I'm late to answer, but I installed a mechanical gauge because I didn't
   like what my stock gauge was showing. My stock gauge reads a little
   over half what is indicated on my mechanical gauge, fwiw...

   On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 9:26 PM, Stephen <[1]steve at snclocks.com> wrote:

     A  A When going through 5332's engine I replaced the oil pressure
     sender
     A  A with a sender from NAPA - their part OP6091.A  With the new
     sender,
     A  A which their parts book listed for my '73 Pantera, it appears
     the oil
     A  A pressure gauge reads pretty much half what the actual pressure
     is.A  Any
     A  A comments from the folks who know about such things?
     A  A I did verify a good ground at the sender, and the engine has
     two new
     A  A ground straps.A  Voltage is around 14 to 14.5.
     A  A Stephen Nelson
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