mechanical oil guage

[chrisfa1]

hi all,

i'm thinking about following the advice i've seen here often about hooking up a mechanical oil guage.

Soooo.....where do I hook it up? I can't see where the electrnic one goes at all!

[tgreese]

The 258 oil sending unit is on the pass side of the block, pretty much low and central. It's a 1/8" pipe plug (NPT) size, and you can either add a tee for the new gauge fitting or replace the existing sending unit with the new fitting. I'd suggest you add a brass tee, available from a parts store, since some of these cars use the oil pressure switch to turn the electric choke on and off.

[chrisfa1]

I must suck because I looked....and I dont see anyting at all.

Can you point me some more??

[tgreese]

Come daylight, I'll snap a picture.

[chrisfa1]

ok

thanks!

[tgreese]

It's right in the middle of the picture...
http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~reese/opsu.jpg

[Gawdzilla.]

hey tim, is that custom oil coating for cold weather??? smile.gif

[tgreese]

Typical 258 valve cover leaks ... pretty far down on the list smile.gif

cheers Tim

[Knucklehead]

Is that equiped with the optional external engine oiler, also availabel on older harley's. ;)

[chrisfa1]

ok thanks for the pic. I dont remember seeing that but....I'll look agin this weekend.

[Gawdzilla.]

lol

[caionneach]

Originally posted by Gawdzilla:
hey tim, is that custom oil coating for cold weather??? smile.gif Eureka! My 1982 Cherokee has a twin!!