[DeTomaso] Oil Pan

[Gary Bartley]

JT and Mike,

I recently purchased a sender for the Mangusta from Roland Jaeckel of 
the DeTomaso Parts Center in Germany,
http://www.jaeckel-partner.de/en/detomaso.html

Roland was great to work with and even did a bench test to confirm the 
calibration was correct for my gauge.  Here are some of the markings on 
the sender:
Veglia
9 D
69-03
12-24V
Made in Italy

The threads checked to be 5/8 -18 which surprised me so I had them 
checked by another person.  5/8 - 18 bolt thread they are.  This is 
close to 3/8" pipe thread but a little loose.  Whither or not this 
agrees with an Aviaid pan, I don't know.

The rest of the story:  The oil temp gauge wasn't working and I finally 
got around to checking it out.  It seems a previous owner had replaced 
the pan with a standard pan scans temp sender port and just pitched the 
sender but tied up the wire.  I talked to one of our US venders and a 
bunch of gauge people without success in locating a suitable sender.  I 
even tried a parts house sender and a bunch of resistors.  No Joy.  
Finally I e-mailed Roland and he came through right away.  Based on the 
comments from this list I contacted Armando Rodridguez and purchased an 
AR Racing Oil Pan.  Armando said he normally puts 1/2" NPT threads for 
the temp sender and rather than have him do something special, I'll be 
using a brass pipe bushing tapped to fit the sender.  All this is 
waiting to be installed so I can't claim success just yet.

I hope this helps.  If you have any questions, just let me know.

Best regards,

Gary Bartley
8MA898

MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 8/23/06 20:38:05, jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com writes:
>
><< Can someone help with the thread size that accommodates the temp sender on 
>the front of an Aviad oil pan? >>
>
>  
>
>>>>I have been waiting almost six months from one of the vendors for a temp 
>>>>        
>>>>
>sender for a Veglia oil gauge for the Aviaid pan.  Please let me know if you 
>find a source!
>
>Mike
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