As a result I found myself taking parts off of another Cobra owners car at 10:30pm at night in order to do the first fire the next morning, but the fix is fairly simple.
carbuildersolutions sell all the parts required, which is essentially an M16 to 1/8 NPT adaptor and a 3 way 1/8 NPT T Piece (1 male, 2 female).
Why a 3 way?
Well, what the manual doesn't tell you is that the pressure sender gauge (or oil pressure transducer as smiths call it) does not operate the low oil pressure light, this requires a separate oil pressure switch. Luckily carbuildersolutions also do these.
Fitting is simple as the NPT threads just screw together and make a seal. The adapter on the block may need PTFE tape or thread seal (not thread lock) if it doesn't seal just upon tightening.
Here is a picture of the parts together (from left to right: M16 Adaptor, 1/8 NPT T-Piece, Oil Switch, Oil Transducer).
just doing this bot on mine now....
ReplyDeleteHow did you fair with the coolant temp sensor - I think I need a 12x1.5 adaptor to 1/8 NPT - CBS don't seem to have these though.
Paul (Ak Gen3 Cobra Blog).
Hi Paul, yes I had this problem with CBS so I bought a M12 x 1.5 from Demon Tweeks. I bought the short version and had to drill it out to 8.5mm in order for the smiths temp sender to fit through it but it has worked a treat. I now have smiths temp sender on the back of the engine drivers side pickup point and the canems ECU on the standard GM sensor on the front of the engine passenger side pickup point (the LS engine has two pickup points).
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