hi, hmmmm i sorta prefer the mechanical type, as long as u use a copper oil line.
mark k ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 9:37 PM Subject: Re: smaller oil filter > dont use a mechanical oil gauge! > i learnt my lesson by having hot sump oil spray all over my leg > > just buy a gauge (electrical), its comes with the sensor to screw in place of the switch you have > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Firman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 02:28:37 -0800 (PST) > Subject: Re: smaller oil filter > > Sorry, i don't really understand what you are trying to explain Richard, but it does sound like what i want :) > Can anyone describe this method or any other easy/cheap way to hook up an oil pressure guage in a 1600?? > Thanks heaps, > mark > --- "Richard Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I'd put a manual guage on, which requires pipe from the engine to the car. > >You also need a T piece if you want the old oil pressure light to work, > >which is recomended. Aparently the manual guages are good cos if the engine > >is pinging, you can hear it on the glass easily. Im not sure as I havent got > >one yet. I will invest soon. > > > >Rich > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Mark Firman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 4:57 PM > >Subject: Re: smaller oil filter > > > > > >> Just on the topic of oil filters and oil pressure switches, > >> can you hook up a oil pressure guage to the standard oil switch (small > >ones)?? > >> Or do you need a different pressure switch that isn't just an 'on' or > >'off' switch like for the warning light? > >> If you do need a different one, where could i get one from?? and how much > >would it be?? > >> Thanks > >> > >> --- Rick White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >Hmmm. > >> >I have a old Ryco parts manual somewhere that specifies Z37 for the SSS > >510. > >> >Also a oil pressure switch, for the idiot light is tiny. > >> >The oil guage on My SSS is HUGE and that is a under statement. > >> >It was the first thing I noticed when I went to see her for the first > >time, which is the day I bought it. > >> >I thought silly buggars bought the wrong oil filter and pressure switch. > >> >The oil filter was the last one the bloke who I bought it of had, and you > >could just work out the DATSUN logo on it. I was amased it still had a > >factory oil filter on it. > >> >About 6 months later the oil pressure sender broke down, I went to Nissan > >and they got me what they said was the last genuine pressure switch in > >existence, it was even packaged in a Datsun box. > >> >Just remember the old style oil pressure senders were KPA or some thing > >not pounds or what ever the new guages are. > >> >You deffiantly could not get the plain old oil filter that I had fitted > >on my wagon at the time, it would have to be dented to get around the > >pressure switch. > >> >Hense the long time searching for a Ryco parts book that actually had the > >SSS listed seperately with Z37 listed as the oil filter. > >> >If you look at the standard oil filter and see the rubber O-Ring the Z37 > >is just a tad wider than that O-Ring and is the same length. > >> >Later. > >> >Rick White. > >> > > >> >--- "maldat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >>Z101 is the oil filter > >> >>Bigger is better > >> >>the oil switchs are all the same sss or not or L16-L20B > >> >> > >> >>Malcolm > >> >>----- Original Message ----- > >> >>From: "Rick White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >>Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 2:02 PM > >> >>Subject: smaller oil filter > >> >> > >> >> > >> >>> Yes > >> >>> Z37 is the replacement part for the SSS. > >> >>> It isn't much smaller, as it is the same length, it is just skinnyer. > >> >>> These were the factory used to clear the guage type oil pressure > >switches. > >> >>> I hope this helps you. > >> >>> Later. > >> >>> I have run one of these in every 1600 I have owned. > >> >>> Rick White. > >> >>> > >> >>> --- message from "mark krawczuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> attached: > >> >>> > >> >>> _____________________________________________________________ > >> >>> Get Your free Ozdat Email Account > >> >>> ---> http://www.ozdat.com > >> >>> > >> >>> _____________________________________________________________ > >> >>> Select your own custom email address for FREE! 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