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Dec 27, 2008 | 09:28 AM

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SPECIAL-OPS-S2K

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From: Lincoln, NE

i hope you didn't thread that brass T into your the stock sensor position... that is alot of weight for that spot to support with all the vibrations of the engine and such...

Dec 27, 2008 | 04:43 PM

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jwa4378

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From: Tallahassee, FL

^My T fitting is installed directly to the block. No problems thus far.

I have read about a few cracking, but I think that was due to the design of the ones used... My fitting is much more rounded and beefier looking than the pics of the broken one I saw (the one I saw broken was a standard hex shaped one)...

Also, if a BSPT--->MPT adapter is not used (almost no T fittings are BSPT... at least none I have found in any local shops), I think that would cause extra vibrations/problems, as it would be in there much tighter than it would be if the proper fitting where used (pressure points on the threads from the improper thread pattern)...

John

Dec 30, 2008 | 04:56 PM

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ChefJ

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From: Braselton, GA

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Originally Posted by chinookpilot1' date='Dec 27 2008, 09:00 AM

I installed an oil pressure gauge and kept the light as well. I went to a hardware store and got the correct brass t-fitting and redusers. It looks good and there are no oil leaks. If the car came with the oil light then why not keep it as a backup to the gauge.

Because if that little light comes on its to late anyway. You should run a braided line to the sender as opposed to installing the sender to the block.