Things Change.. Butters is now getting a 392
Had a flub over the weekend that made me do some thinking... Blew a plug out of my oil filter adapter, while cruising through town. It just never occurred to me that they had to be changed.. So many things have plastic in them anymore and I assumed those just stayed unless you wanted to add an oil cooler. I finally found what I needed in a hellcrate installation instruction pdf.
The main thing was that I was happy that I heard the port block actually pop and smack something. I thought I hit something in the road and looked up in the mirror. Uh oh, smoke, lotsa smoke! If I hadn't heard it, it coulda been bad. This opened up my eyes to the fact that I'm not constantly fixated on my gauges. So I came up with a plan
While I waited on Hagerty roadside (top notch BTW) I researched, reached out to a few people and then found what I needed on Amazon. - 12 ORB plugs. I also grabbed a pressure switch locally. When the plugs arrived, I drilled 1 out to 1/8 npt for a sensor. Ran a signal wire to my original dummy light (which I obviously need) and it works great. I now have something to get my attention, should I ever lose oil pressure again.
Had a flub over the weekend that made me do some thinking... Blew a plug out of my oil filter adapter, while cruising through town. It just never occurred to me that they had to be changed.. So many things have plastic in them anymore and I assumed those just stayed unless you wanted to add an oil cooler. I finally found what I needed in a hellcrate installation instruction pdf.
The main thing was that I was happy that I heard the port block actually pop and smack something. I thought I hit something in the road and looked up in the mirror. Uh oh, smoke, lotsa smoke! If I hadn't heard it, it coulda been bad. This opened up my eyes to the fact that I'm not constantly fixated on my gauges. So I came up with a plan
While I waited on Hagerty roadside (top notch BTW) I researched, reached out to a few people and then found what I needed on Amazon. - 12 ORB plugs. I also grabbed a pressure switch locally. When the plugs arrived, I drilled 1 out to 1/8 npt for a sensor. Ran a signal wire to my original dummy light (which I obviously need) and it works great. I now have something to get my attention, should I ever lose oil pressure again.
