gatorskinseats5
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bought destrokeds adapter fittings for 40 bucks plus shipping which is pretty ridiculous for some 5 dollar a piece fittings... The water temp fitting is something I can get at summit racing, and the oil pressure adapter is not to be used where the stock 24v oil pressure sensor is located because the adapter is 1/8 npt and the 24v oil pressure sensor has the same threads as a 4an thread. destroked tried to tell me its some one off fitting you cant find anywhere but I can get an adapter fitting from autozone that does the same thing for less than 5 dollars!
destroked says "oh well we take the 1/8" npt plug from the oil filter housing and put it there". yeah, that'd work if I didn't have an exhaust manifold! but unfortunately I do have an exhaust manifold so there is no room for the adaptor and sensor. one solution with this fitting is to get a 90* fitting with male and female 1/8 npt threads and make sure it can be facing away from the engine and remain tight, so I can direct the sensor away from this stupid exhaust manifold my engine has. another solution is to create an exhaust manifold delete kit which im not exactly sure what kind of black magic id need to make that work but people have been telling me its not very practical.
another solution is to buy destrokeds oil filter relocation kit! whew just what I need since my oil filter is in such a tough spot to get to. not really though, that's just sarcasm. and finally the solution I was hoping for when ordering such expensive "one off" fittings from a company that profits off cummins conversion stuff; a fitting that will thread into the STOCK LOCATION OF THE OIL PRESSURE SENSOR. does one exist? from ford 7.3 oil pressure sensor threads to dodge 24v oil pressure sensor threads... its just pretty damn annoying for a company that should have simple parts like this to not have these parts and take alternate stupid routes to achieve the same thing. I don't want an oil filter relocation kit just so I can have oil pressure readings. I just want to be able to use the stock sensor location because that's the most practical spot! destroked tells me they don't use the factory sensor location in their builds, so they cant help me. really shows how much they care about customer satisfaction
destroked says "oh well we take the 1/8" npt plug from the oil filter housing and put it there". yeah, that'd work if I didn't have an exhaust manifold! but unfortunately I do have an exhaust manifold so there is no room for the adaptor and sensor. one solution with this fitting is to get a 90* fitting with male and female 1/8 npt threads and make sure it can be facing away from the engine and remain tight, so I can direct the sensor away from this stupid exhaust manifold my engine has. another solution is to create an exhaust manifold delete kit which im not exactly sure what kind of black magic id need to make that work but people have been telling me its not very practical.
another solution is to buy destrokeds oil filter relocation kit! whew just what I need since my oil filter is in such a tough spot to get to. not really though, that's just sarcasm. and finally the solution I was hoping for when ordering such expensive "one off" fittings from a company that profits off cummins conversion stuff; a fitting that will thread into the STOCK LOCATION OF THE OIL PRESSURE SENSOR. does one exist? from ford 7.3 oil pressure sensor threads to dodge 24v oil pressure sensor threads... its just pretty damn annoying for a company that should have simple parts like this to not have these parts and take alternate stupid routes to achieve the same thing. I don't want an oil filter relocation kit just so I can have oil pressure readings. I just want to be able to use the stock sensor location because that's the most practical spot! destroked tells me they don't use the factory sensor location in their builds, so they cant help me. really shows how much they care about customer satisfaction
