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I have the normal Ford oil pressure sender at the rear of the Cleveland, controlling my gauge. But since I find it unlikely that I'll be looking at the gauge the second the pressure might disappear, I'd like to hook up a warning light as well. Does a sender exist that can handle both chores with two wires attached, one for a gauge, one for a warning light?

I don't want to put a T in and have two senders and I don't want to relocate sender to other part of engine.

Thanks
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No Quarter, I've been think about doing the same thing...one bright LED on the dash somewhere possibly with a blinking feature would be great. I've not see a dual sending unit either but you'd think one would exist with all the electronics available.

My old McLaren had just that, but used the T to mount the sending unit...back when it was raced in the CanAm series by George Eaton, a two or three inch tail light was mounted just to the left of the steering wheel (right hand drive) just slightly below the line of sight of the track...it stuck out like a sore thumb and was somewhat crude by today's standards but I'm sure it saved a few expensive engines.
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Originally posted by LF - TP 2511:
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I realize that mine are not stock but VDO offers a dual sender.

Mike, please clarify.

Is this one sender that has two output contacts?

One to provide a contact for a variable signal that provides input for a gauge

AND

has a contact to activate an indicator (idiot) light?

Larry


That is correct. There are two outputs on one sender unit. It looks like this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...?hash=item2c5394fe75 But I have VDO gauges in my car.

Mike
I installed the VDO sender with both idiot light and gauge function on my BMW, works fine. Mikael, you can buy one at VDO ScanMax in Buddingeveje. Only problem I guess is getting it to interface with the Veglia gauge. I guess it may be possible to use the fuel tank re-calibration device of Thomas Törnblom from Sweden if there was a way to generate different pressures to do the calibration (perhaps with air pressure?). It would be cool if 'Pantera Electronics' was to develop a plug and play converter for the vdo senders to veglia gauges.
Cheers, Tim.
A single 2 1/16” digital gage indicating both pressure and temperature is available from SPA Design, part number DG 201. It includes both sensors needed to measure pressure and temperature accurately. Besides indicating pressure and temperature, it has LED alarms built-in too. All-in-one oil monitoring.

Features

* Selectable backlight color (red or green)
* Adjustable backlight brightness
* Black or white dials
* Standard Black or Chrome option bezels
* High resolution modes for 0.1 PSI, Deg C etc
* Programmable button function, recall menu etc
* Splash proof sensor connections
* Stainless steel pressure sensor
* Programmable warning lights, low battery, averaging etc
* Programmable outputs for driving external LED's or relays
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