Oil Pressure sender woes

[grandpaslincoln]

So I got this oil pressure sender for the guage I got (for some reason the gauge did not come with a sender, cheap fucks), and I finally got the plumbing to make it work. I got it installed, and the gauge pegs at 100 PSI WTF? So I check all the connections to make sure they are tight, and the thing still pegs 100. So I pulled the new sender off and hooked my continuity tester to it. It did not register. So I put my mouth over the opening on teh sender and blew into it, and the tester registered. When I ordered this thing, I specifically made sure it was for a gauge, but it seems this is for a light, which means the listing on Partsamerica is wrong. I am getting sick of this shit not working the first time.

Does anyone know where I can get a fucking sender to work with a fucking gauge? Right now I have the old sender screwed into the new plumbing and wired it back up. I would really like to get all the gauges to work. The gauges are SunPro by teh way.

Thanks guys

Jon

[85crownHPP]

I found one on sunpro's website for $22!!! funk dat.

I know an ebay seller whos selling electric oil pressure gauges like mine (with sender) for less than 30 bucks...

What style of gauge is it??? Ill see if I can find a cheaper sender.

[85crownHPP]

$16.99 - getting better!

http://www.midwayautosupply.com/detailedproductdescription.asp?11081

[grandpaslincoln]

hey, thats better than the $19.99 I spent on this one!

This is the gauge I got:



Thanks for the help Pete!

[85crownHPP]

so what do you think you will do john? buy a sender for 15 bucks or a new gauge for 28 bucks?? or keep looking?

[grandpaslincoln]

I'm gonna get the sender, I can't see spending another 20 some odd bux on a gauge again.