putting in a oil pressure gauge in!

[onimitsu]

i got a 91 2.3l manual transmission ranger and i got this really nice oil pressure gauge for free. it is a electronic gauge and i have the sender unit for it but i am trying to find the stock oil pressure sending unit on my engine. i also am looking for in put from other people that have done this and see if it is a pain in the neck! thanks!!

 

[baddis]

back passenger side of the head

 

[Dave R]

back passenger side of the head

Nope, driver's side.

 

[onimitsu]

thanks! is it easier if i go from the bottom of the truck or the top of the truck?

 

[Dave R]

It's kind of a toss up on that one. The temp sending unit is definitely easier from the bottom. If i remember rightly the oil pressure unit is easier from the top but you nearly have to climb into engine bay to do it.

 

[scotts90ranger]

that sounds about right.

when I did mine I did it with the cab off... (hey, it was off, might as well). when I put mine in there was just enough room between the intake and fitting to install a Tee with a short male-male pipe (it's what I had in the garage, so I used it), in fact it rubbed the intake on it's final turn...

the stock sender is 1/4" pipe, so it's easy to find fittings compared to stuff that's 1/8" NPT... or the new metric engines that have everything in 12mm by 1.5 (or is it 1.75, it's whatever isn't something standard). ok, so my mind got stuck at work again... PS, it's hard to incorporate 3-4 oil sending units on an engine that has one 1/8" NPT port... and you can't use brass fittings...

 

[onimitsu]

well after some playing around i put the truck on some ramps and got to work, i found out for me it was easy to go from the top and the bottom, and i had to put about an 3" extension to fit my sending unit on and it still touches the intake a very little bit. now i have to finish grinding and cutting the plastic from the electronic transfer case switch to fit my gauge. thanks all for the help!!! I will put up pics when I am all done with it!!