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Hi Folks. I want to fit an oil pressure gauge to my Windsor. I bought a Venom brand gauge but ended up returning it as the sender unit had a 50mm diameter which was far too large to fit between the fuel pump on one side and the block on the other side of the sender unit. I tried a VDO extension fitting but this didn't help either. I figure there must be a way of fitting up an electric oil pressure gauge to a Windsor! What are other people doing? Is there a particular brand that has a smaller sender unit?
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Are the oil pressure sender units on Windsors in a different location to the Clevelands? Clevo ones go in the top of the block behind the inlet manifold.
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Hi Paul. The Windsor has the sender unit low down on the side of the block. It sits between the fuel pump and the cylinder wall. The stock sender for the dash light fits snugly in the space allowed but I couldn't get the canister type unit for the elec
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That's a funny one did the XW-XY GT's & GS's have a tube type oil pressure gauge?
The EFI Windsors had a cannister type sender but the timing chain housing is different as it has no provision for a mechanical fuel pump at all.
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Hi Jim, You've given me some food for thought there. I'll do some measuring have a bit of a think about knocking up my own adaptor.
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The windsor oil pressure sensor is an electric type and sits on a long extension piece that gets past the fuel pump and cylinder wall. It is about 8cm long and has a 45 degree end so you can get the sender on the end. They are hard to get. It took me a |
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I saw a copper line oil guage kit in Autopro this morning for $12.50 one more adapter to thread your sender into & you would be away.
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