T-fittings for gauge install

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Hey all, planning on finally installing my 3 gauges tonite. Been putting it off, not wanting to appear ricer with gauges and such, but the stock gauges just keep letting me down lately. Anyway, I understand the power, dimmer, negative install, but have a question about the install points and t-fittings. Simply put, for electric voltometer, oil pressure and coolant temperature gauges, where exactly do I plug them into? Will any of them need fittings besides the OP? Lastly, I'm at work now and want to run out to the hardware store on my lunch break. From ultra lites to a 92 stock block, which fittings/extensions should I pick up? If anyone knows the sizes offhand, that'd be great!

 

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How's it going Andres. Not sure on where to get the t-fittings to maintain the stock guage senders as well as the new ones; I just left my dash guages disconnected like a big hack. The oil pressure sender is on the drivers side of the engine, near the front of the block, kind of down by the oil filter. The temp sender is plugged into either the front or back of the lower intake. The guages should come with a couple different adapters to get the senders to fit.

 

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Nick!

What's up man. The old beast almost overheated again so I figured it was time to break into my closet of car parts and finally install some!

 

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Yo Nick, follow up. I found a nice walkthrough on the install and was wondering if you had much trouble getting the stock OP and WT senders out?

 

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You'll have absolutely no trouble cranking the senders out. Make sure you pick up some thread sealer tape to put around the threads of the new sending units to keep them from leaking after install.

 

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Any special tools? Just worried cuz the walkthrough mentioned a hacksaw, heh.

 

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You need to run with the stock 1/4" NPT fitting from the hex tube. you can reduce it down to 1/8" or keep it 1/4. I kept it 1/4 on the fox and used 1/8 on the space-challenged 94. THen you need 1/4:1/8 Adapters, which depends upon which route you go regarding using 1/4 or 1/8" piping. I had to use a 1.5" extension as well to get the senders far enough away from eachother, but I did not use an AM gauge (your sender might be smaller than mine).

You really just piece it together as you go. I had to make on trip to the store in the middle to get the extension.

Good luck.

 

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Thanks HISSIN50, I was hoping you'd chime in!

 

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It has been so long since I did it (and I did the 94's more recently - what a cluster. I see why people actually run a braided line and remotely mount both senders) so I dont recall exactly what I did. I do recall buying a bit of brass so I could do things several ways, and had I not needed an extension right off the hex tube (so my sender on the 90* bend of the tee did not hit the hex tube), I would have been set.

Sorry to not have a more exact design for ya - I just did what made sense. Good luck bud.