ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 21y 3m 11d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 23/05/07 10:15 AM Share Posted 23/05/07 10:15 AM Adrian6T said: Here is a quick photo chop of what I am getting made.CheersAdrianAdrian,Looks nice and professional, but I think you might run into 2 problems.1. The distance between the 2 side holes may be too close together. All the electronic senders I have seen are wide and would not fit side by side, also the factory oil switch is big.2. the length of the T piece may hit the engine mounts.I hope I am wrong, as it looks like a nice professional job. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/35212-oil-temp-sender-to-sump-plug/page/2/#findComment-536283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjam Member 137 Member For: 20y 1m 22d Location: Sydney NSW Posted 24/05/07 01:42 AM Author Share Posted 24/05/07 01:42 AM Amazing, got a call early this morning from Crawford who finished my sump plug! Had a good yarn again with him, he does all sorts of things for people, including engine parts for a couple of old 1985 season F1 Ferraris that someone bought. They are from during the turbo days of F1 and they put out ~700hp and run 3.5 bar boost. Anyway he is an interesting character to say the least and did a fantastic job for me even though it's such a small thing. Check out the pics.From top to bottom, standard sump plug, new custom plug and oil temp sender. He even put a nice copper collar around the edge going to the block to avoid leaks.Here's one with the sender screwed in to the new plug. The hex for the new plug is 15mm just like the original. View from external thread looking back shows the hole going straight through to allow oil to get to the sender.Very happy, now just have to put it all together on the weekend. Ben Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/35212-oil-temp-sender-to-sump-plug/page/2/#findComment-536521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-wolf Member 897 Member For: 18y 1m Gender: Male Location: ACT Posted 24/05/07 02:05 AM Share Posted 24/05/07 02:05 AM Very nicely done !!Re:He even put a nice copper collar around the edge going to the block to avoid leaks.Make sure you " anneal " the copper washer by heating it so it's nice and red before you but it in to cold water.Makes it nice and soft so it can seal better. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/35212-oil-temp-sender-to-sump-plug/page/2/#findComment-536542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjam Member 137 Member For: 20y 1m 22d Location: Sydney NSW Posted 24/05/07 02:32 AM Author Share Posted 24/05/07 02:32 AM f-wolf said: Very nicely done !!Re: He even put a nice copper collar around the edge going to the block to avoid leaks.Make sure you " anneal " the copper washer by heating it so it's nice and red before you but it in to cold water.Makes it nice and soft so it can seal better.Not sure if that was already done, as the copper washer is already fixed to the plug and also extends about 0.5mm beyond the metal of the plug. It's not just sitting in place, it's made to be integrated to together is as best as I can describe. I think I'd have a very hard time trying to pry it off, so it's there to stay. As far as I'm aware the whole plug ready to use, well at least that's what I wanted so I'll give it a go and monitor for leaks. Ben Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/35212-oil-temp-sender-to-sump-plug/page/2/#findComment-536554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian6T T.P.I.S. Donating Members 2,578 Member For: 20y 5m 22d Gender: Male Location: SoR, WA Posted 24/05/07 05:12 AM Share Posted 24/05/07 05:12 AM ZAP_F6 said: Adrian,Looks nice and professional, but I think you might run into 2 problems.1. The distance between the 2 side holes may be too close together. All the electronic senders I have seen are wide and would not fit side by side, also the factory oil switch is big.2. the length of the T piece may hit the engine mounts.I hope I am wrong, as it looks like a nice professional job.Its just a photo chop of what im looking at getting. When I receive the gauges ill have it made for them.Thanks for the heads up on the amount of room under there. I might get under and have a look this week end.CheersAdrian Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/35212-oil-temp-sender-to-sump-plug/page/2/#findComment-536602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian6T T.P.I.S. Donating Members 2,578 Member For: 20y 5m 22d Gender: Male Location: SoR, WA Posted 24/05/07 05:20 AM Share Posted 24/05/07 05:20 AM benjam said: Amazing, got a call early this morning from Crawford who finished my sump plug! Had a good yarn again with him, he does all sorts of things for people, including engine parts for a couple of old 1985 season F1 Ferraris that someone bought. They are from during the turbo days of F1 and they put out ~700hp and run 3.5 bar boost. Anyway he is an interesting character to say the least and did a fantastic job for me even though it's such a small thing. Check out the pics.From top to bottom, standard sump plug, new custom plug and oil temp sender. He even put a nice copper collar around the edge going to the block to avoid leaks.Here's one with the sender screwed in to the new plug. The hex for the new plug is 15mm just like the original. View from external thread looking back shows the hole going straight through to allow oil to get to the sender.Very happy, now just have to put it all together on the weekend. BenThat looks great. By looking at the size of your sender im a bit worried now. Im sure my machine shop can sort something out.BTW how much did it end up costing you?CheersAdrian Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/35212-oil-temp-sender-to-sump-plug/page/2/#findComment-536604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjam Member 137 Member For: 20y 1m 22d Location: Sydney NSW Posted 24/05/07 06:02 AM Author Share Posted 24/05/07 06:02 AM (edited) Adrian6T said: That looks great. By looking at the size of your sender im a bit worried now. Im sure my machine shop can sort something out.BTW how much did it end up costing you?CheersAdrianThanks, yeah it seems alot of oil temp senders are that shape with metal extending from the thread like that. My oil pressure one ends at the thread, but has a big chamber, kinda looks like an old bicycle bell.Oh I knew you would ask how much, probably not the most expensive sump plug ever, but $100 must be close for a Ford. Can't really argue with the quality and speed at which he made it for me though.Ben Edited 24/05/07 06:05 AM by benjam Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/35212-oil-temp-sender-to-sump-plug/page/2/#findComment-536620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian6T T.P.I.S. Donating Members 2,578 Member For: 20y 5m 22d Gender: Male Location: SoR, WA Posted 24/05/07 06:05 AM Share Posted 24/05/07 06:05 AM benjam said: Thanks, yeah it seems alot of senders are that shape with metal extending from the thread like that. Oh I knew you would ask how much, probably not the most expensive sump plug ever, but $100 must be close for a Ford. Can't really argue with the quality and speed at which he made it for me though.Benthat's good not bad. Oh well I cant wait for mine to arrive so that I can have fun.Adrian Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/35212-oil-temp-sender-to-sump-plug/page/2/#findComment-536626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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