I have purchased a KEM and Borg-Warner oil oressure sending unit, and neither will thread into the hole. They seem to be threaded slightly differently then the OEM part.

Has anyone had this problem? If so, what brand of oil pressure sender did you use to rectify the problem.

I have a 305 TPI VIN F.

Joe


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86 IROC TPI
700-R4
K&N Air filters

 

should be 1/8"NPT. if you have the old part compare it to the new one, or take it with you to the store.

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ICON Motorsports

1st & 3rd

 

What does 1/8" NPT mean?

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86 IROC TPI
700-R4
K&N Air filters

 

That's a spec for a size of tapered pipie thread, like what water pipe has. 1/8" pipe has an ID of 1/8" unlike tubing which is usually measured by OD.

Go to the hardware store and look in the plumbing dept. A pic is worth 1000 words.

In any case, there are no alternate threads for oil pressure senders. If it looks even remotely close, it's the right one. One thing you might want to check though: make sure you have your old sender unscrewed from any other fitings it might be attached to.

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"So many Mustangs, so little time..."
ICON Motorsports

 

When I swaped my 2.8 v-6 to a 327 v-8 I had the same prob. The threads were different from my oil guage's sender. I went to advanced auto and bought an oil sender adapter kit. It should be in the aisle with all the guages. It was like $6 and had like 7 different fittings. It should work for ya.

 

NPT = National Pipe Thread

Jake

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1986 Corvette Coupe, 415 CID, Edelbrock 6073s, ZZ9

 

Aw, come on , Jake! List 'em all - BSP, BSTP, NF, NC, JIC, SAE, DIN, all of 'em! I smell a Tech Article coming...

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Later,
Vader
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"Make Me Bad..."
Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0
KaleCo Auto Parts

 

Dammit Vader, I was Feeling all Smart about this Untill You went Over My "Helpful hardware" Head!


Is ACE the place ?

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60 Ranchero - Project ( Money Hole )
85 Sport Coupe LG4 - Daily Driver

Just another Hot Rod kid, or thats what they all tell me.
Livin' the Stereotype

 

I went to a dealer to look at an AC-Delco oil pressure sender... Although he didn't have one in stock, he assured me that it was 1/8" pipe thread. He said any replacement oil pressure sender should fit.

He whipped out an exploded diagram of the engine and pointed to the adapter (fitting) that the oil pressure sender screws into (which then screws into the block) and said "hey maybe this is what you need to replace". So i bought that for $15 and have yet to try it out.

The moral of the story is that if you need the adapter for an oil pressure sender (0-60 PSI gauge) then the part # is:14047850. It's pretty easy to over-tighten the sending unit and destroy the threads.

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86 IROC TPI
700-R4
K&N Air filters

 

Yea, and let's not get into that metric foolishness with all their crazy pitches.

Jake


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1986 Corvette Coupe, 415 CID, Edelbrock 6073s, ZZ9

 

Hey don't forget NAS and MS