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Hi! LPB. I don't have a parts list but I'll try to make this up, I'll try my best not to confuse you. All AeroQuip was purchased at Summit Racing. (All Brass pieces were found at home depot, but can also be purchased at Summit, and can be steel or stainless steel if you prefer. Brass is just that much less expensive and does not rust). Starting at the front port which is 3/8" NPT Female(National Pipe Taperd) you need: 1)a 2" long piece of 3/8" NPT Straight Brass pipe, Double Male (this is so the 90 degree elbow will clear the block AND fuel pump). 2) Brass 90 Degree, 3/8" NPT Double Female. 3) Straight AeroQuip AN (Army-Navy) #8 / 3/8" NPT Male (This screws into the elbow to bring the hose straight up)(#8 hose is 3/8" I.D. anything larger is unnecessary as the rear port orifice is less than .250" I.D.) 4) One #8 Straight Hose connection screws onto the #8 adaptor mentioned previously. 5) Get the already cut 3 Foot length of #8 Stainless Braided Hose, 'High Performance Rubber' Is far less expensive than the 'Teflon Lined' hose. It can handle 400 degrees temp. at 2000 PSI; think you'll need that much? NO, but what a safety margin!). 6) 45 Degree #8 'Swivel' Hose end. (Parts 4 and 6 must be assembled onto each end of the Hose Part 5. If you do not have the experience of putting these together, you'll have to find someone who does or get instructions. I learned how to put them together when I crewchiefed Heliocopters in the U.S. Army. The only way to get the ends over the 'Stainless Braiding' of the hose is to wrap the ends in Teflon Tape. Or else you'll wrestle with it and ruin the end of the hose or never get it on correctly. 7) A second #8 Adapter to 1/4" NPT Male. Yes! The rear port is smaller the the front port at 1/4" NPT. This will put your hose into the end of the block! To mount the oil pressure sender, you must add a TEE connection having 3 ports of 1/4" NPT Female and that will need a 1/4" NPT Double Male to connect that TEE to the block. If you look again at the picture I furnished, you will see that in addition to the sender I also added a Mechanical Pressure Gauge. I added the 4th port the the 'side' of the Bronze 'T' by drilling and tapping it to 1/8" NPT for the gauge; since it has been years since I have seen a X-shaped 4 Female ports connecter. Remember Straight Hose ends are about 1/3 the cost of angled ends. If you have more questions, shoot me an email at panther@starnetdial.net My installation has yet to leak a single drop of oil!! Good-Luck with it...