Russell, There is no reason to jack the car. Most of the oil drains into the sump and is well below the block where you will hook your fitting(s). You may get a dribble out but that's all. The "T" fitting shouldn't be an issue if you can find one that the current sender unit will fit into. I would opt to add the direct gage piping to another location in the block. I'm not that familiar with the newer spits, but my '66 had several plugs in the oil galleries that were the perfect size to tap into. Pete
Hello all. I'm thinking about installing a mechanical oil pressure gauge on my '76 Spit. I've bought the gauge and know where it's going inside (I hope, anyway), but I can't decide on whether I should use a "T" fitting at the block so I can keep the factory switch/dash light. On one hand, that's 2 more fittings that could develop a leak; OTOH, maybe there's some important function that would be missing if the switch is gone? And, I'd be giving up a potential warning system redundancy (although it seems like if the dash light comes on, it's too late to do anything anyway). Any thoughts? Also, I'm planning on just jacking up the left side of the car about 10" since I'm nowhere near an oil change - any reason to think that wouldn't prevent oil from leaking out whilst I'm working on this? Thanks in advance, Russell *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
