Oil Pressure sending unit

You can relocate the sending unit to the port near the fuel pump and oil filter.  Then just plug the current port.  Or, you can put a mechanical oil pressure gauge in its place although it might be a tight fit.

Also, your Webers look great !!!

I have successfully run my oil pressure gauge off of the port near the oil filter for many years now. No issues.

Some have previously posted the pressure readings from the two locations will vary.

I do not believe this is an issue on a healthy engine. The gauge will still serve to alert you to any oil pressure issues relative to what that gauge displays as normal.

Larry

Totally agree, the important thing is not the value to display but to alert if this value varies from usual.

I don't mind keeping the sending unit where it is but don't like the extension. A smaller sending unit would cover my problem.

Anyone that can make a set of 4 double barrel Webers work on a V-8 should be able to make an extension to their liking. It's only a rod with pipe threads on each end and a hole joining them. Or relieve the intake to clear the sender.

Even if you can make 4 Webers work on your V8, other things aren't automatic. Please note that I two sets of Webers to help me overcome carburation frustration.   

Yes, it's not a problem with an extension to clear my manifold lip with the rather large ugly stock sending unit. I've done that. There are smaller sending units out there and I bought one that was designated for a 351, just not the 351C in our Panteras, so it didn't work. I was hoping one of you found an alternate smaller better-looking version that works. The unit I have is 2" in diameter, even a 1-7/8" would work. I could do some grinding on my manifold to provide clearance but don't want metal shavings in the engine bay. Removing the carbs and manifold from the motor to do the job might unsettle the carburation balance that took me months to achieve.

Tom…

It may be that you notice it more than anyone else..

With the flat black on the manifold & sender, it took me a minute to see what you meant ( in the picture at the beginning of this thread).

My $.02 would be to forget it, everyone is looking at the Webers, no one (but you) sees the sender…

If you can come up with a smaller sender, that matches the Veglia gauge, buy up everyone you can, and sell them for $150 each…

Anyway - your engine looks great IMHO…

Rocky

Dump the sending unit and run a mechanical gauge.  All you would see is the fitting and a piece of braided stainless line.

A mechanical gauge fitting would certainly be smaller than an electric sender, and will provide an accurate reading.

but will be a true PITA if you ever need to remove the gauge or the console for a project.

and if you get a brain-dead shop boy tasked with removing the console gauge panel, this is what you can wind up with -

apparently, he found removal of the capillary tube fitting to be too difficult, and so he proceeded to explore this alternative removal method.

The same brain-dead shop boy also thought this would be a good way to remove the AC thermostat

yes, this was all done at a shop that touts their Pantera experience.

Larry

I think it looks fine as is and I would leave it alone but if the sender bothers you, move it to a remote location, maybe on the firewall, and plumb it with a -3 or -4 Teflon lined hose (like you use on the brake lines and fittings.

That plumbing would be much smaller then any sender could ever be.

You can hide lots in the manifold valley.

If you remove the bright red wire connector,  no one will see the sensor. The bright red in a sea of black is distracting.

Tom,

Look at Vinh's car. He's got a secondary mechanical oil and an electric temp gauge on a bracket in the engine bay that is visible in the rear view mirror. The lights inside the gauges pick up power from the ignition. In a glance he can verify there's power to the coil/module, oil pressure and temperature.

I haven't seen Vinh or his car in ages. seeing the gage in the rearview mirror is something I need to see. It must have a backwards reading face.

Vinh, if you read this, please give me a call.

I guess I'm striking out on a smaller sending unit that works with the stock gage. I know I'm being fussy since most people don't see that sender when they look under my hood, the Webers scream at you.

would something like this be what you would like

https://www.omega.com/en-us/pr...pressure-transducers

the matching to original gauge would be a simple problem to an electrical engineer.   (unfortunately I can't any more).   There are some adaptors out there that use an AD-DA chip to allow non-linear matching

maybe Pantera Electronics

ttps://www.pantera-electronics.com/

If you can find an aftermarket gauge and sending unit you like, send the new gauge and your original gauge to a gauge shop such as North Hollywood Speedo. They can install the workings from the aftermarket gauge into your original gauge’s housing. It’s easiest and cheapest if you find an aftermarket gauge that has a similar range and sweep as the original gauge. That way, you can keep the original gauge face. If that isn’t possible, they can make a new gauge face that matches your original gauges.