Most shops have them. They usually install it where the oil pressure sending unit goes. Paul In an email dated Tue, 11 1 2005 1:04:35 am GMT, louis colon <luis10241@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >Where can I get a mechanical gauge and where is it installed. > >Thanks Luis > >68 Convertable > >dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >There is another possiblility for low oil pressure at idle. I used to have a >similar problem in the LeBaron (also 68). > >At a hot idle, the oil gage used to creap low, slowly but stadily, until it >disappeared. (the check gages light was irrelevant, because its on all the >time due to an inoperable gas gage). It used to make me worry, but I never >listened to the lifters, which indicated that there was at least some pressure. >Then, one day, the presure went low at all times. I was in the middle of a >drive to pick up Mike P. from the airport, so since I did not hear any signs of >low oil pressure, I kept on (in fact that day we pushed that car to over 130 mph >with "zero" oil pressure). Then, I replaced the sender, and I also installed a >T junction for a mechanical gage. It turns out, even at the hottest idle, the >oil pressure never gets below 40 psi. What seemed to be hapening was the gage >was "half working" was that the low voltage at idle was insuffucient to sustain >the dying sending unit. > >Before you spend too much more sweat over this, install a mechanical gage so you >know what your real oil pressure is. > >D^2, 2s68 > >Quoting Dick Benjamin : > >> Paul has already listed the main causes. Any of these causes is expensive >> to repair. >> >> >> >> There are other possibilities, such as the wrong oil being used (you should >> be using at least either straight SAE30W or 15W40, depending on where you >> live, low oil quantity, or a worn oil pump. >> >> >> >> I ask you again, what does the gauge read when this is going on? >> >> >> >> Dick Benjamin >> >> > > > >----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- >This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please >reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be >shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the >Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > > ? ? ? ? >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm