Oil Pressure Gauge + Warning Light

[snafu 10]

Is it possible to install an aftermarket oil pressure gauge and keep the stock warning light functional?

 

I would be mounting the gauge down on the console where its hard to see, so I'm thinking it would be nice to have the light working just in case.

[machm1970 180]

I did this awhile back on a '69 Mach I had. I added the 2 pod gaugle cluster in the console where the ash tray goes. You can add a "T" fitting where your stock oil sender goes and put the stock oil sender on one side and the new sender on the other. It gets tight and you have to have it clocked just right if you have P/S. I added a temp gause also and put the sender in the thermostat housing where vac switch went.

 

Matt   

[SA69mach 39]

I don't think so.

I am assuming your instruments do not have a factory oil pressure gauge, just the low pressure warning.

 

Many aftermarket gauges have an inbuilt low pressure warning light built in to the dial, so perhaps that would be a solution, despite the mounting position.

 

The factory sender for your current warning light is not suitable for running an aftermarket gauge, and unlikely to be the same ohm range.  Aftermarket gauges work with their specific sender, which should come with the gauge kit.

 

Senders are specific for either 'warning' (on/off function)  or for a range of resistance to run a gauge.  Not both.

[Brian Conway 264]

You will need a 'T' and a sender for the new gauge.  I run both, light and gauge, on my ride.  Brian

[snafu 10]

Thanks guys.  I thought I would need some special dual sending unit and the T never occurred to me.  It sounds like the T fitting is the way to go.