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General => General Technical => Anything Engine/Performance/Tuning related => Topic started by: Donato on March 03, 2005, 01:02:18 PM

Title: Fitting gauges.
Post by: Donato on March 03, 2005, 01:02:18 PM
Im needing a little help in fitting my HKS gauges..

I have the oil and water temp ones sussed, however where exactly is the best place to tap the oil pressure guage into?

Cheers in advance

Donato
Title: Fitting gauges.
Post by: Donato on March 04, 2005, 08:33:45 AM
anyone? :)
Title: Fitting gauges.
Post by: Gerry M on March 04, 2005, 08:59:05 AM
anytime I\'ve done it in the past with other cars, you remove the oil pressure switch, put a T fitting in its place so you can run both, theres also sometimes a tapped hole in the oil filter base
Title: Fitting gauges.
Post by: Donato on March 04, 2005, 09:12:07 AM
Thanks mate.

Did you get your wipers sorted?
Title: Fitting gauges.
Post by: Gerry M on March 04, 2005, 09:33:07 AM
na not yet cars under 2" of snow, it was bad enough taking my bumper off yesterday after another hare incident, couldnt feel my fingers after
Title: Fitting gauges.
Post by: muzzyd on March 04, 2005, 12:59:53 PM
Hey Donato, if you find out where to tap it into I would like to know.  A garage refused to fit my oil temp/pressure gauge as they would have to drill to fit it.
Title: Fitting gauges.
Post by: rx7veilside on March 04, 2005, 01:46:44 PM
i think u can get a sandwich plate for between oil filter and engine..try re worx..
Title: Fitting gauges.
Post by: Gerry M on March 04, 2005, 05:18:10 PM
had a quick look at thinkauto & they list both sandwich plates & T pieces for a mazda.

All engines have a tapping on an oil gallery to take the oil pressure warning transmitter, we make a range of T pieces to screw into this tapping, T pieces have one male thread to screw into the oil gallery, a female thread to take the original transmitter and a female 1/8 NPTF tapping which allows a pressure switch or a 1/8 BSP female pressure gauge line to be attached via a MMS10-3-3 adapter.

thread should be 1/8 BSPT but that might be for non rotary best to check with one of the builders.
Title: Fitting gauges.
Post by: Nitronige on March 07, 2005, 01:32:52 PM
Hi Donato,

Hows things?

I got recently purchased a Greddy sandwich plate especially for the RX7 for the oil temp and oil pressure sender units from Edge Tuning in leeds.  The holes tapped are for 1/8npt threads.

Cheers,

Nige
Title: Fitting gauges.
Post by: Donato on March 07, 2005, 01:44:52 PM
Hi mate,

Good thanks. Hows yourself?

I will get round to fitting the gauges at some point...:rolleyes: :) they are fitted into the dash and sensors have been run into the engine bay, just havent connected them yet...i have a sandwhich plate for my old HKS gauges that i removed but havent done to much investigating yet...
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