[rianbechtold]

I have an aftermarket electric oil pressure gauge and the sending unit that was sold with it has that dumb big can type sender. Can I use any sending unit? i.e. the stock one for a gauge dash.

Thank you for your time

 

[zeke67]

I think these are calibrated to the gauge and unlikely to interchange.

Reason I say this, I've got an Autometer gauge that reads to 80 psi. I've had it for several years, maybe 15. About 5 years ago, the sender failed. I had a heck of a time finding one, all of the Autometer's seemed to read to 100. I didn't really want to replace the whole gauge because it wouldn't match and didn't want to fork over for my voltmeter and temp either. I paid a lot for the correct sender for 80 psi.

Having said all that, if you are up to experiment, post back with your findings.

 

[MALIBRU]

There's no compact sender out there within a reasonable price range. Checkout egauges.com and you will see each vendor specs on ohm range for their gauges.

Here's a thread I started with a proposed solution: http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=224034 The only thing that may be an issue is the length of the threads on the adapter being too short... but I don't know this for sure. I'd guess that fastener can be removed and replaced if necessary. No idea of where to get one though. GlowShift does have the correct Chevy thread pitch, however. I haven't had time to try it out.