59 AB in 35 ford maxing out oil pressure gauge

[hueyhoolihan]

i recently installed (successfully) a new oil pressure sensor, 4" sensor extension, and dashboard gauge in my '41. i also had to fabricate and install the solid brass/copper plate that runs power from the gas gauge power stud to the oil pressure gauge power stud to as someone had removed it. an insulated wire will not do, it needs to be a raw plate of conductive material in order to dissipate heat properly, from what i can tell. in any event an insulated wire in its place almost caused me an electrical fire on two occasions. good luck.

the new extender and the NOS dash gauge were purchased from Ebay, the oil pressure sensor was bought from one of the usual suspects and was recently manufactured. everything worked well. YMMV of course.