yes on the first 2 - splices don't matter as long as you do them well, soldered is best ... the mechanical oil gauge hooks to a port just behind the distributor, small plastic or metal tubing kits available at FLAPS, same as used on aftermarket gauges

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature we find it attached to the rest of the world" John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot