<VV> Oil pressure shut off switch

Jim Houston jhouston001 at cfl.rr.com
Tue Jun 23 21:30:04 EDT 2009


I bought a "majic" oil filter bolt from Clark's - moved the senders to 
the top of the oil filter ... well away from the belts..

Jim Houston

Jack Kean wrote:
> Stephan,
>  If space, expandability, and the simple fact you want to move the 
> sender (and any potential future upgrades) away from the belts, run a 
> hose (some have even used a grease gun hose) from the original location 
> of the oil pressure sender (on the delcotron adapter) to a bracket on 
> the left side of the engine compartment. You can plug this hose into any 
> number of fittings (collar for a single sender, a "T" for multiple 
> senders). This approach has been well documented on various sites (one 
> by Rick Norris (http://www.corvairalley.com/65%20%20Rebuild.htm) comes 
> directly to mind).
>
> I have a mechanical gauge, electric gauge sender, and an oil pressure 
> "light" sender in my engine compartment mounted this way.
>
> jack kean
> Arlington, Texas
>
> Bryan Blackwell wrote:
>   
>> I don't know if such a beast exists - there are snap switches that  
>> basically can turn something (a light) on or off.  Then there are  
>> senders for pressure.  I think you need to plan to install two  
>> senders.  To do that, you might consider moving the whole thing away  
>> from the fan belt.  See a couple examples here:
>>
>> http://autoxer.skiblack.com/oil-sender.html
>>
>> --Bryan
>>
>> On Jun 23, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Stephen Upham wrote:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> Again, I need a switch that will operate the dash light, shut off the
>>> electric pump in a stall, and send a signal to an under-dash mounted
>>> pressure gauge.
>>>
>>> Stephen Upham
>>>     
>>>       
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