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Whats wrong with this oil pressure gauge??

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Whats wrong with this oil pressure gauge??

Posted: 8/26/07 8:59amMessage 1 of 10
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Give up?!?!?!Wacko I had a service called Harrison Speedpmeter recalibrate my 79 oil pressure gauge to reach 100 PSI. This guy did awesome work and stands behind it. And his prices are excellent!
 
For anyone interested, here is his info: www.harrisonspeedometer.com - ask for Bill Harrison - great guy to deal with and very personable.
 
Regards y'all,
 
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Whats wrong with this oil pressure gauge??

Posted: 8/26/07 11:06amMessage 2 of 10
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great to see you getting the guages in working order but by any chance have you gotten the engine for your vette yet. i went 2 weeks without one to drive and was going nutsWits%20End, i can imagine how you feel. hope to hear you got itThumbs%20Up
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Whats wrong with this oil pressure gauge??

Posted: 8/26/07 11:14amMessage 3 of 10
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No motor yet Dave Cry Waiting for my brother to get through a rush of other engine business (gratis work always comes last!!)....Anyway, I'm thinking mid October.
 
Killing me - no car to drive for 5 months!!!!Ouch
 
Not to fear, I will be blowing the trumpets when the 406 gets dropped in!!!Wink

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Whats wrong with this oil pressure gauge??

Posted: 8/27/07 9:34amMessage 4 of 10
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Is the gage stuck at 40 psi or am I missing something?
 
And will you be pumping more than 80 psi?
 
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Posted: 8/27/07 2:01pmMessage 5 of 10
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I was wondering the same thing,DaveLOL

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Whats wrong with this oil pressure gauge??

Posted: 8/27/07 4:14pmMessage 6 of 10
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Yeah me to. I've either have a bad sending unit or guage. I got a new sendingunit at autozone and I have an NOS guage back there in all my parts.
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Whats wrong with this oil pressure gauge??

Posted: 8/27/07 6:33pmMessage 7 of 10
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Dave, what you're missing is that the gauge is out of the car sitting on a counter top. Wacko  No juice, no readingWink The new motor/pump will be pushing in the range of 80 PSI so I wanted some cushion in the gauge....Lamp

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Whats wrong with this oil pressure gauge??

Posted: 8/27/07 8:28pmMessage 8 of 10
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Sorry, I thought with no signal it would read zero.
So is the sending unit output plus and minus voltage with zero = mid range of the gage?
I was expecting the output to be zero to 10 volts = zero to 100 psi.
 
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Posted: 9/1/07 5:24amMessage 9 of 10
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Dunno - I imagine that an electrical gauge will only register a reading when current exists.Geek   I guess without starting the car and the key in the run psn, it should read zero....
 
And I hope I never see it reading zero with the engine running!!!!LOL

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Posted: 9/1/07 3:47pmMessage 10 of 10
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Once it has power and ground, it will read zero.  No problem.
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