Oil pump fitting

[Escort01]

I'm wanting to connect an oil pressure gauge to my 30 Tudor. I have an oil filter installed and want to know if I can put a t-fitting in the oil pump plug hole to make it work. I'm very new at this and need all the help I can get. Thanx for any help.

[daveymc29]

If you have the same type of fitting I do, a Tee works great. Unless you have a high pressure pump don't expect to see much action on the press gauge. Maybe a couple, to five pounds when cold but dropping off considerably when warmed to operating temperature.

[ford31]

is there a guage that will adapt to oil pump plug hole

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by ford31

is there a guage that will adapt to oil pump plug hole

Most any auto parts store should have the brass fittings to go from the 1/8" pipe thread in the block to the oil line.

[CarlG]

Originally Posted by ford31

is there a guage that will adapt to oil pump plug hole

Most of the gauges that I've seen come with the 1/8" NPT X oil line fitting. If they don't, the vendors have a kit that includes the proper fittings and the copper line to connect the gauge to the block.

(Tom types faster than I do!)

[Tom Wesenberg]

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Originally Posted by CarlG

Most of the gauges that I've seen come with the 1/8" NPT X oil line fitting. If they don't, the vendors have a kit that includes the proper fittings and the copper line to connect the gauge to the block.

(Tom types faster than I do!)

But, a picture is worth a thousand words, so you wrote much more than I did.

[Benson]

Originally Posted by Escort01

I'm wanting to connect an oil pressure gauge to my 30 Tudor. I have an oil filter installed and want to know if I can put a t-fitting in the oil pump plug hole to make it work. I'm very new at this and need all the help I can get. Thanx for any help.

A word of caution:

The casting around the oil port is not very thick and will break if too much force is used, so be gentle with tightening the fittings.