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Thanks for all the posts. I decided to install the oil temperature probe in the side of the P400 oil pan. Details and photos in my rebuild thread https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?54469-Kinda-got-carried-away-M1028-rebuild&p=2253650#post2253650
Rich -
Thanks for your suggestion however the line that supplies the centrifuge is a small -06AN hose and therefore is not large enough to install the 1/2" NPT sensor without an ugly arrangement of fittings. Also, the supply piping and valve for the centrifuge supply line would induce a radiant...
Tom;
I agree that the best location for the sensor is in the pan, however the oil pan for this P400 engine is a unique, special one-of-a-kind heavy cast aluminum made especially for the P400 engine. I was trying to circumvent removing and drilling the pan because, heaven forbid, if something...
I'm planning on adding an oil temperature gauge to my custom gauge panel for my P400/700R4 build. All my gauges will be mechanical, so the gauge I purchased is the Autometer 5441 with a thermocouple line which runs from the thermo-bulb end to the gauge. The bulb has to actually be immersed in...