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  1. #16
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    Interesting thought (at least, to me...):
    I wonder how it would look with the factory faceplate but no blue light bulb cover? ie. clear bulb only?

    Another interesting thought... I can always swap in the red bulb cover in December as part of the whole Xmas season look... LOL!

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    FWIW that blue bulb cover lights up pretty white looking to me.

    Yeah TTA.....Do a green in one gauge and red in the other.
    Santa might leave you a s/c kit to install.

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    Steve,
    Thanks, I appreciate it.
    You are exactly right about the needle, I should have clarified that, good thing you pointed it out for the others. And the same about "practicing" with the original gage to get the feel for taking the new one apart and getting it back together again. I kept the light just the way it came out.

    I have learned so much from this list I wanted to contribute something with the article.

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    Looks like I'll be ordering the parts to do this conversion also. I had no idea the pressure gauge was fake!

    Thanks!!

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    When removing the bezels from the gages, I used Snap-op awl No. 3ASAAO. I carefully inserted it between the bezel and the cup and kept running it around the edge several times keeping continual outward pressure until the bezel came free of the cup. This kept the bezel from deforming using a screwdriver tip. When replacing the bezel I used the shaft of a Snap-on screwdriver No. SDD2. I ran the shaft of the screw driver around the bezel several times until it was snug you would never know I was in the gages.

    I did my sender connectors a little bit differntly. I bought two switches from Ford. I ground off the metal bases just like Vegasmarauder did. The next step I cut the spring in half, and got another brass nut like the one that came with the AM gage. I then threaded a 1 inch long screw into the nut just enough to hold the nut, I placed the modified spring into the base of the connector, centered the nut over the spring and wrapped a tie-wrap around the head of the screw and connector assembly. After that was secured I mixed up some epoxy and epoxied the nut into placemaking sure to adequately cover the nut and connector body so it wouldn't come undone and to keep the elements out. After about an hour, I removed the tie-wrap and the 1 inch screw and now I had a good sturdy and hopefully waterproof connector assembly to screw onto the Oil Sending Unit. It worked perfectly.

    I also made another connector assembly (in case the first one didn't work) which I ground off the flat part of the base of the connector leaving a smooth round barrel at the bottom of the connector. Next I took about a 6 inch piece of 18 ga. white colored wire and soldered it onto the metal tab inside the plastic barrel portion of the connector. After that was done I soldered a round connector(attaches to the sending unit) to the other end of the white wire. Again I mixed up some epoxy and filled the barrel portion of the plastic connector to seal it and to keep water and other elemnts out. I tested this assembly also, and it too worked perfectly. I wish I had a digital camera to show you how it looks. Hopefully I explained it thouroghly.

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    a bump for this thread.

    i finished mine today.
    and the instructions where good.
    i'll add a few things i found out on my own.

    i used as many oem parts as possible.
    the oem face wont sit level in the am cup because the cup has little grooves in it. instead i drilled out the holes in the oem cup. the oem cup has 3 little markings on the bottom that is exatcly where the holes go.

    my biggest hang up , other then damaging the needle, was that the needle didnt seem to sit low enough on the pin. turns out the am plastic pieces are lower then the oem ones. i used the 2 little silver washer things from the am gauge and they worked great.

    the sender info is spot on.

    try not to slice to the trim ring with the screwdriver when you are putting back on..

    dont forget:
    the blue condom thing.
    the silver inch long spacers.
    where you put the nuts.
    that oil will come out from the place you put the sender. (about a pint or so)
    you don't replace that thing that looks like the oil sender, you just screw it on to what is there.

    big thanks to:
    marauder jack.
    vegasmarauder
    darebren
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    everyone else on this board. rock on!
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    After install, what kind of pressures are you running,,, cold, warm, WOT, etc? Just curious because I just had mine installed and it seems a bit low.

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    Zod:

    Excellent job, bro!


    mercman:

    With the "real" face, not the Ford one, I get about 100 lbs on a cold start, 25 lbs at warm idle in gear, and about 50 lbs warm cruising at 40-45 mph...YMMV
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    [QUOTE=the fat bastid]a bump for this thread.
    you dont replace that thing that looks like the oil sender, you add it!

    Do you thread the old sender into the new sender some how, so you can use the stock wire harness?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kelly
    Do you thread the old sender into the new sender some how, so you can use the stock wire harness?
    You'll completely remove the old sender and replace it with the new one that comes with the guage. It's a piece of cake. A little thread sealer on the threads of the new sender and the brass adapter that it comes with and you're there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fourth Horseman
    You'll completely remove the old sender and replace it with the new one that comes with the guage. It's a piece of cake. A little thread sealer on the threads of the new sender and the brass adapter that it comes with and you're there.
    I have the new AM gauges, just havn't been brave enough to tackle it yet. Thanks. Kelly
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    ^^^what Fourth said^^^

    Kelly: check your PMs...
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    you don't replace that thing that looks like the oil sender, you add it!
    let me clarify that.
    if you check out your car you will notice something on the car by oil filter that looks like the sender that you get from am. you dont swap that one for the am one, instead you unscrew a seemingly harmless bolt next to it and put the sender inline there, which is shown in darebren's pic. So you don't replace that one you just add the am one to it.
    hopefully that makes sense now

    and i get about the same psi that rf does.
    25 warm idle
    50-75 cruising/gasing around town
    100+ when i floor it.

    remember, depending on where you zeroed your needle it will cause a difference
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    Hi,

    I was wondering about where would be the best place to buy the new Autometer oil pressure guage?

    Thanks
    Jay

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    Quote Originally Posted by jaywish
    where would be the best place to buy the new Autometer oil pressure guage?
    jay, both Summit and Jeg's sell AutoMeter gauges... the oil pressure is P/N 4327 and goes for about $54 including the necessary sender. I've also seen them at various local speed shops...

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