Has anyone added an after market oil pressure guage to their 22re? I have looked at a bunch of them and they all come with a 1/8" NPT fitting that wont work in the block. I had the auto parts store guy look up the sending unit and it says it is 1/8" ISO/BSP tapered. I havent been able to find one of these fittings anywhere. The auto parts store guys are useless and I called north sound and fitting in Everett and they said they will look into ordering one and never called me back. I wouldnt think this would be such a challenge.
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Toyota 22re oil pressure guage
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WHITE TRASH1
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LCE sells the fitting you are looking for. It's 1/8-28 BPT (British Pipe Thread) but I just use a brass 1/8-24 APT (American Pipe Thread) fitting and snug it down. Never a leak because the brass is softer than the cast iron block. As a matter of fact I'm doing exactly that today on my DD. 
LCE sells the fitting you are looking for. It's 1/8-28 BPT (British Pipe Thread) but I just use a brass 1/8-24 APT (American Pipe Thread) fitting and snug it down. Never a leak because the brass is softer than the cast iron block. As a matter of fact I'm doing exactly that today on my DD.
Whats LCE?
WHITE TRASH1
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Land Cruiser Engineering. HERE is the fitting I'm talking about.
I did in fact put an oil pressure gauge on my 78 the other day with a standard brass 1/8" pipe thread fitting and it doesn't leak just like I said it wouldn't.
CHOP SHOP
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Land Cruiser Engineering. HERE is the fitting I'm talking about.
I did in fact put an oil pressure gauge on my 78 the other day with a standard brass 1/8" pipe thread fitting and it doesn't leak just like I said it wouldn't.
I just did one on my truck yesterday and it works fine. The 1/8 is a little tough to start as it is almost too big. But once started it goes in great.
I also did the temp gauge too. Put in under the thermostat housing.
