adam c, don't say a word.




Sonny

 

oil pan bolt
wait didn't see the hole in the middle... ummmm

 

fuel rail adaptor?

 

adaptor

 

still the oil pan drain bolt.....just doesn't have the hand tightning top bolt

 

looks like an adaptor for a mechanical gauge sender.

 

Hey Adam since you can't SAY a word just type it and let us know what this is

I'm going to take a wild guess, flux capasitor attachment nut or oil injector thingy

 

I agree with that.

 

It's for a VDO oil temperature sender. It uses a male spade connection to connect it to the gauge.

 

WaLieN almost got it.

It's a brand new oil pan drain plug that my buddy drilled a hole through. He used his lathe and then tapped it for 1/8" NPT. My Autometer oil temp sensor will go in the hole.

Sonny

 

Oil temp sender in the drain plug? nice idea.. Is it a good place to put it?

 

So i got it right the first time... in essense it is just a oil pan bolt... modified... but none-the-less an oil pan bolt..

I win, end of thread.

 

Not a bad idea really. Looks kinda like the oil line bolt on the side of the block.

 

Interesting place to mount the sensor.

 

I think I know what it is

 

It's a brand new oil pan drain plug that his buddy drilled a hole through. He used his lathe and then tapped it for 1/8" NPT. His Autometer oil temp sensor will go in the hole.

 

If that is true, that's a great idea. Would that be a good place to monitor oil temp?

But my guess was a coolant sender adaptor plug/screw for an aftermarket coolant gauge.

 

He'll just have to be careful when driving over tall speed-bumps or road debris. Would'nt want to bend or break the Sensor probe causing a possible leak.

 

I have had my oil temp sender in that location for over a year. No problems ........ except one day after, when the wire from the sender melted , and ground out the gauge. I re-routed the wire and things have worked well since then.

 

I forget not all FDs are slammed 1.5 inches like mine. Plus I've got low profile Yokos too. I scrape the Oli Pan pretty easy if I'm not carefull. So this would'nt be an ideal set-up for me.

 

My car has stock 94 suspension, so it rides fairly high compared to others. No rubbing problems.

Sonny, how about a pic showing how far the sender will stick out from the adapter plug?

 

Ok, cat's outta the bag. I'll be sending strippers to ejmack for his guess.

I knew Adam would know because I got the idea from him. He told me that his VDO sender is actually a drain plug with a spade on it. Since i'm using Autometer stuff, I couldn't use the VDO sensor, so I chose this route.

Pic with the sender in it:


The sender does stick out kinda far, so I'll have to put it on the car and see if I think it will be a problem. My car is not lowered at all and I don't have any plans to lower it, so I'm hoping that it will be alright.

Sonny

Edit: Just wanted to add that the tip will be shortened quite a bit. I can remove the outer nut and the outer washer and cut the tip off there. The sender wire will sit between the inner nut and the white nylon piece.

 

I thought it was the anti-detonation device :-)

 

On my old FC I actually drilled and tapped a hole in the banjo bolt for the oil cooler line to the block. Worked really well - nice and clean.

I've helped a guy change oil that had the drain plugged tapped like that - the wire gets to be a pain in the butt . I'd much rather have the sensor out of the way.

But, it looks damn good!

Dale

 

Dale:

I'm assuming a similar banjo bolt exists for the FD? Where abouts is it located. I'd much rather put the sender there. I used the drain plug bolt because it was the only thing that really came to mind.

Thanks,
Sonny