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Offline brads70

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oil pressure -gauge question
« on: June 11, 2015 - 10:50:46 PM »
I'm in the middle of hooking up my new Speedhut gauges and the oil pressure gauge is not reading at all. I have an Autometer mechanical gauge hooked up on the passenger side pipe plug location and reads oil pressure just fine. My question is does the other side  ( pipe plug on drivers side) also hooks to oil pressure right? That's where I have the Speedhut sensor plumbed into. This is a 400 block. 
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Re: oil pressure -gauge question
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2015 - 12:41:14 AM »
yes both plugs at the rear connect to the oil passage but have different thread sizes

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Re: oil pressure -gauge question
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2015 - 07:03:20 AM »
Thanks I was pretty sure just thought I'd rule that out.  :2thumbs:
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Re: oil pressure -gauge question
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2015 - 08:08:33 AM »
It would be unlikely, but could the driver's side passage be plugged?
Power to oil gauge verified?
Double check wiring connections.
Correct sender for a gauge? Different one than for an oil pressure light that your standard dash came with.

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Re: oil pressure -gauge question
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2015 - 12:03:18 PM »
It would be unlikely, but could the driver's side passage be plugged?
Power to oil gauge verified?
Double check wiring connections.
Correct sender for a gauge? Different one than for an oil pressure light that your standard dash came with.

I contacted Speedhut and they gave me a bunch of things to check. I'm not getting the 5Volts coming out of the gauge that I should. I'll double check my connections this afternoon but I'm pretty sure I'm good as the other gauges work fine. I'm leaning towards a defective gauge?  :dunno: Speedhut provides the sender and wiring harness.
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Re: oil pressure -gauge question
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2015 - 08:36:34 PM »
 :popcorn: :popcorn:
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Re: oil pressure -gauge question
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2015 - 12:20:53 AM »
:popcorn: :popcorn:
Gauge was defective. I sent it back last Wednesday to Utah, it's supposed to be back here tomorrow.
Brad
1970 Challenger 451stroker/4L60 auto OD
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