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| | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,107 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,107 | i have a 59 235 truck engine that soon will becoming home from being rebuilt. this enine will be replacing the original 235 splash in the 51 dump. ive gotton most or know where to get the parts to have a complete running engine prior to putting it in the truck come spring. i need to upgrade the oil pressure gage from 0-30 to 0-60. is the oil gage in the cluster replaceable or do i need to replace the whole cluster with a later cluster. i know on my 40 i can get seperate replacements. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 | Yes,you can change just the oil pressure gauge in the cluster.All the vendors sell them,i found a good used one for my cluster.
1951 3100 Chevrolet1951 Chevrolet Suburban CarryallImage"A house is built with boards and beams. A home is built with love and dreams." "Look deep before you leap !!!" / "Everything is Everything" "If I say a mouse can pull a house, hitch him up"
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I have a similar set-up, with a '59 235 in a '49 1/2-ton. I chose to keep my old gauge. The gauge runs "pegged" at 30 psi all the time, but it doesn't seem to hurt anything. Switching the gauge is optional.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 | Here is a link to some photos of the vendors gauges. gauges
1951 3100 Chevrolet1951 Chevrolet Suburban CarryallImage"A house is built with boards and beams. A home is built with love and dreams." "Look deep before you leap !!!" / "Everything is Everything" "If I say a mouse can pull a house, hitch him up"
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,107 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,107 | tim, thanks i didnt look far enough back in the carter book.
49er, i have to switch the gage. i run a small power plant and need to have a gage that reads properly. ive seen gages that failed pegged giving the impression there's pressure in a line when there there isnt any. on a lubrication system, that pressure indicates flow. no pressure = no flow and that can be costly. | | |
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