denmah
12-14-2003, 08:33 PM
this is a stewart warner 0-100psi electronic oil pressure gauge. and the "how to install it"
Tools neded:
mostly anything you can get your hands on
channel locks.
anything to remove your filter if you have the stock one on. (if you change your oil hopefully you dont kill the filter on like honda does)
you will also need a jack or anything you can get your car way up on.
assorted wire working tools; strippers, crimpers, cutters wire etc etc.
you will also need some pipe fittings, reason being, the SW unit has a different signal than the stock honda unit. when you hook up the SW to the honda sender it pegs off. so you need both.
so get to sears or home depot and get a brass 1/8th inch nipple. and a 1/8th inch t connector. take a look at the pictures for why.
while your at it get some sealant.
so anyways lets get workin
get your car off the groud and crawl under there. this is directly above the oil filter for you guys who know where it is.
anyone who doesnt just crawl under there and if your on your back just look strait up to your right. you should see the blue honda filter. take it off note some oil will spill. so be prepared to check your oil and fill as neded when your done.
anyway after you get the filter off get yourself a small set of channel locks. and get to work on that sending unit, i tried all sorts of sockets and neck connectors and it was just rounding it, it was tight as hell because honda puts some kind of white adhesive on it and it sticks really well, so once you get that off get your nipple and brass T connector, put some sealant on all pieces being screwed together, put the nipple and the t connector together, then screw the honda oil pressure sending unit on the other side...
next take that whole mess and screw it into the side of the engine.
then get a wrench that fits around the brass t connector and tighten it down.
when your done it should all look like this from underneath.
http://www.herrforce.com/misc/oil_press/oildiag.JPG
now... goober up your aftermarket sending unit with some sealant and screw that back into the bottom of the T connector. and dont forget to hook up the factory sensor again.
http://www.herrforce.com/misc/oil_press/oildiag2.JPG
now you need to get a wire out of your car, to the sending unit.
i reccommend bringing it thru where that blue wire is, this is also where my vaccum line is coming thru. here is a pic from the engine bay of where that wire is.
http://www.herrforce.com/misc/oil_press/wirethru.JPG
the easiest way to get a wire out of that is to unscrew the drivers side lower storage thing. and if you get a flashlight and look way back behind the steering column there is a blue wire going out, you can just jam your hand in there and pop the wire into the engine bay.
and thats that, get a little circle wire connector and attach it to the sending unit. pull it tight inside and run it wherever you want to go in the dash. or in a gauge pillar.
then get that oil filter back on!
http://www.herrforce.com/misc/oil_press/donefilter.JPG
ok now hook up the rest of the wires to the gauge and fire her up, havent gotten to play with it yet because there is too much snow and ice and im in my garage where its 72 degrees lol (wood burning stoves rule!) anywas i started her up and she was at high idle and 80psi. i would assume after its warmed up that would calm down considerably.
anywas i have a triple gauge pillar and this is how that looks when shes all said and done.
http://www.herrforce.com/misc/oil_press/incar.JPG
imma take it out tmro and let you all know how it worked out.
let me know what you think of if you need any questions asked!
Tools neded:
mostly anything you can get your hands on
channel locks.
anything to remove your filter if you have the stock one on. (if you change your oil hopefully you dont kill the filter on like honda does)
you will also need a jack or anything you can get your car way up on.
assorted wire working tools; strippers, crimpers, cutters wire etc etc.
you will also need some pipe fittings, reason being, the SW unit has a different signal than the stock honda unit. when you hook up the SW to the honda sender it pegs off. so you need both.
so get to sears or home depot and get a brass 1/8th inch nipple. and a 1/8th inch t connector. take a look at the pictures for why.
while your at it get some sealant.
so anyways lets get workin
get your car off the groud and crawl under there. this is directly above the oil filter for you guys who know where it is.
anyone who doesnt just crawl under there and if your on your back just look strait up to your right. you should see the blue honda filter. take it off note some oil will spill. so be prepared to check your oil and fill as neded when your done.
anyway after you get the filter off get yourself a small set of channel locks. and get to work on that sending unit, i tried all sorts of sockets and neck connectors and it was just rounding it, it was tight as hell because honda puts some kind of white adhesive on it and it sticks really well, so once you get that off get your nipple and brass T connector, put some sealant on all pieces being screwed together, put the nipple and the t connector together, then screw the honda oil pressure sending unit on the other side...
next take that whole mess and screw it into the side of the engine.
then get a wrench that fits around the brass t connector and tighten it down.
when your done it should all look like this from underneath.
http://www.herrforce.com/misc/oil_press/oildiag.JPG
now... goober up your aftermarket sending unit with some sealant and screw that back into the bottom of the T connector. and dont forget to hook up the factory sensor again.
http://www.herrforce.com/misc/oil_press/oildiag2.JPG
now you need to get a wire out of your car, to the sending unit.
i reccommend bringing it thru where that blue wire is, this is also where my vaccum line is coming thru. here is a pic from the engine bay of where that wire is.
http://www.herrforce.com/misc/oil_press/wirethru.JPG
the easiest way to get a wire out of that is to unscrew the drivers side lower storage thing. and if you get a flashlight and look way back behind the steering column there is a blue wire going out, you can just jam your hand in there and pop the wire into the engine bay.
and thats that, get a little circle wire connector and attach it to the sending unit. pull it tight inside and run it wherever you want to go in the dash. or in a gauge pillar.
then get that oil filter back on!
http://www.herrforce.com/misc/oil_press/donefilter.JPG
ok now hook up the rest of the wires to the gauge and fire her up, havent gotten to play with it yet because there is too much snow and ice and im in my garage where its 72 degrees lol (wood burning stoves rule!) anywas i started her up and she was at high idle and 80psi. i would assume after its warmed up that would calm down considerably.
anywas i have a triple gauge pillar and this is how that looks when shes all said and done.
http://www.herrforce.com/misc/oil_press/incar.JPG
imma take it out tmro and let you all know how it worked out.
let me know what you think of if you need any questions asked!