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Old 02-19-2014, 12:57 AM
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Ls1 Tech family !!! Ive looked in the g-body thread and a few others and cant seem to find the fittings and or reducers for a coolant temp sensor and oil pressure switch for an 84 Cutlass with a 5.3. I was sure that I'd wrote in my swap notes that the head needed a 12mm fitting. Im trying to get everything in order so i can complete a weekend install, if someone has part numbers and brands I'd really appreciate it.

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We get ours from Autometer......
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Autometer has coolant and oil sender adapters for 1/8" sending units.

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Auto-M...ter,20928.html

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Auto-M...pter,8195.html
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Thank you much
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Go to Oriellys and order equus part number 9848 it is a fitting assortment that has the fittings for the water temp and oil pressure gauges. I just installed these yesterday on one of my swapped vehicals and work great! Price is just over $12.00 instead of $12.00 a piece plus shipping. Hope this helps.
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We sell both as a very nice quality piece.

$20 water temp adapter goes in head
$25 oil adapter goes in place of factory unit
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Originally Posted by spot_55
Go to Oriellys and order equus part number 9848 it is a fitting assortment that has the fittings for the water temp and oil pressure gauges. I just installed these yesterday on one of my swapped vehicals and work great! Price is just over $12.00 instead of $12.00 a piece plus shipping. Hope this helps.
Thank You I appreciate your response, this being a MAJOR budget build its essential to get parts that are sufficient at a great price. Car is a low budget flip, to partially fund one of my projects that are still stagnant due to constraints. Omw to Oriellys !
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Be very, very, very careful with the equus fittings. They are very soft and will twist in-half if torqued too much. Luckily it doesn't take much to get them to seal.
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Originally Posted by 1970camaroRS
Be very, very, very careful with the equus fittings. They are very soft and will twist in-half if torqued too much. Luckily it doesn't take much to get them to seal.
Thanks will do, even more so now that I've been warned.



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