Fitting an oil pressure Gauge

[alan_thomas]

After replacing my Dashboard I decided to fit an oil pressure gauge in place of the clock. Got the correct Tee piece and Pipe fitted the gauge and got underneath to fit the tee piece to the Oil pressure switch take off but cannot even see it let alone get a spanner on it. Cannot see it from the top either. Don't tell me you have to remove the front pipe to get at it!

- Alan

[DJT]

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Alan,

It is very tight down there but it is possible to do the job without taking off the front pipe. The pressure switch is fitted to the oil transfer housing. This is on the driver's side (RHD) of the engine towards the rear. Go careful screwing the t-piece into the transfer housing as the thread casting has been known to split.

Dave

[dogsnadgers]

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I accessed mine from above - it is tight and you will get your hands cut by various bits! I took mine off eventually as it leaked oil and I decided it was just another thing to worry about, with one eye on the temp gauge and another on the oil gauge I had to have a passenger to tell me where I was going!

Dave

[Guest]

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Alan,

I dont know if Im too late with this advice but rather than remove the clock, I removed the temp guage and fitted one of those combined temp guage/ oil pressure dials from an eType or MGB. That way you only have to keep your eye one one clock when driving. The temp guage needle sits straight down on N which is re-assuring.

Regards, Andrew

[Oldromola]

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Alan - is your car an automatic? If so I don't think you will be able to fit the T piece without removing stuff from the engine. Even then it is still a very awkward job, and I got a highly professional automotive engineer to fit mine. Onmy manual car however I managed myself but with not withouta little struggle!

[alan_thomas]

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Robert 2 Stags wrote:

Alan - is your car an automatic? If so I don't think you will be able to fit the T piece without removing stuff from the engine. Even then it is still a very awkward job, and I got a highly professional automotive engineer to fit mine. Onmy manual car however I managed myself but with not withouta little struggle!

Thanks Robert you have confirmed my suspicions, Mine is an auto with aircon. The auto pipes to its cooler block the space between the manifold and the chassis and the vac tank for the aircon blocks the only other space at the top. Cannot even glimpse the pressure switch from below. So connecting the gauge up will have to wait until a suitable time.

Well being positive about it swapping a non working clock for a non working oil pressure gauge doesn't make any difference.



- Alan

[Stagdad]

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Alan

I've done this job .my pressure switch was well stuck .i got it out using a plumbers tap wrench .which is a tool for fitting the nuts to taps up under a bath etc.

BTW when i bought my gauge fom rimmers it said it was for the Stag so i thought it would match the stag gauges .Not so, it had a black rim.I managed to get the bessel off the broken clock and fit it overto the pressure gauge rim.Looks good now.

Good luck Steve

[Kevin Garrod]

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Hi, I've been away for a while, but when I did this job I found it quite easy, if I remember correctlyI used a 1" socket with a long extension and a swivel joint and accessed from above, didn't have to remove anything else from my auto stag. Just make sure the take off for the pipe finishes at the correct angle.

I agree with the point made about the black bezel, I must have a look at my old clock and see about salvaging the chromerim!

[John]

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MK1 Stags had black rims around all the clocks.

[chrisn]

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Idid thid job a very long time ago, using a combined gauge as mentioned.You may get some oil weepage past the threads. However, this can be cured quite simply with PTFE tape used in plumbing for all connections