[montea]

I just bought a oil pressure guage and temp guage. i have a 1980 SBC. does the temp guage go into the drivers side of the cyl head? for the oil pressure where do i hook that up too?

thanks!

[malc]

There is a place on the block behind the distributor.Your oil
pressure warning light is probably plugged in there, you could use a "T" piece if your guage is mechanical here.
I use a port in the block above the oil filter. That was the best place with room for the electrical oil pressure sender.
I find the position of the temp. sender inerferes with plug changing, so I put it in the manifold.

[poncho62]

Not all engines have the port by the oil filter. Hopefully, yours does. That is the best location.

[montea]

i tried putting the temp thing into the intake on the front which is the only place i can see it could go.. the rad hose is in the way so its fine to just put it on the side of the head then?

for the mechanical oil guage i found the place above the oil filer and took the plug out and there was 2 little pieces in the kiti bought to put in the block and neither of them fit, one is way to small and the other one is just a tinny bit too big, do you think the one for my engine was missing in the package? what other places can i hook it up to other wise?

[Rubberman2003]

Well on my camaro, which has a 350 in it. I hook my oil pressure up on the back of the drivers side of the block, should be a hole on the flat part in the very back, i get an accurate ready with mine there. My temp gauge i hook up in the head on the passenger side, i think the hole is between the number 5 and 7 cylinder. You will find it. Do where you like, but i used both location and havnt had a problem. One tip though, with the oil pressure gauge, if you are using that plastic line, i would run it through some vacuum line to protect it. Would stink if it got cut.

[malc]

There is another place for oil pressure,on the passeger side
at about 11 o clock over the timing chain cover.Goes into the camshaft.

[montea]

Originally posted by Rubberman2003
Well on my camaro, which has a 350 in it. I hook my oil pressure up on the back of the drivers side of the block, should be a hole on the flat part in the very back, i get an accurate ready with mine there. My temp gauge i hook up in the head on the passenger side, i think the hole is between the number 5 and 7 cylinder. You will find it. Do where you like, but i used both location and havnt had a problem. One tip though, with the oil pressure gauge, if you are using that plastic line, i would run it through some vacuum line to protect it. Would stink if it got cut.

i found the place where the stock oil guage was pluged in beside the distribitor so i put it ther, ill just have to get a T splitter then. I like that Tip Very much, putting the plastic oil pressure line in a vacum line. i was thinking if that line ever broke im gona have one hell off a mess. lol

thanks all!

[poncho62]

Originally posted by malc
There is another place for oil pressure,on the passeger side
at about 11 o clock over the timing chain cover.Goes into the camshaft.

That one is not on all blocks either.....fact is, most do not have it.

[malc]

I´ve only had two smallblocks, 305 and now the 355,
both had ports above the oil filter and on the timing chain.
Is it because they are newer?
The 355 originally had roller lifters.