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Today the letter box also was nice enough to supply me with my oil block (tuneagent)

Again will i state before this install that my engine is out, and i also have the intake manifold off making this task mush easier. Also at the bottom of this post i will included the few problems i encountered

First off me start with removing the old oil filter adaptor plate

In this photo we can see the oil filter and a plug which is the standard oil pressure switch that is connected to your dash light.

Also we see to Allen key bolts, there are 4 in total that you have to unbolt.

Once removed we end up with this.

Now a VERY IMPORTANT NOTE HERE! in the first image we see two orange seals on the filter adaptor plate. As there is no gasket on this surface these seals seal the oil flow into the filter plate. I tried to remove these seals to see if they were any good to use again, but years old they just fell apart.

Luckily i have a box full of water and oil o’rings and seals so i found some that matched the size i needed.

You can see here on the new adaptor there is a recess for seals and i have a seal on one of them.

Use some grease to hold them in place while installing this back on.

Now was time to put the gauge senders in place. On either side of this adaptor is a small hole for a gauge sender. i decided to put the stock oil pressure switch in place as well as my vdo oil pressure sender for a gauge i have.

When putting in these kind of thing, use thread tape around the threads to create a nice seal, also the thread is tapered as to get tighter when screwing in. Be careful not to do them up to tight or too loose. Too tight can damage the thread or crack something.

Now time to screw it back on. Check again now to make sure your two rubber seals are still in place, if you think for 1 sec that these have come loose or fallen out while putting it back on, CHECK.. these are very important.

install the 4 allen key bolts back in and tighten.

Here it is installed. looks good!

Now onto the important notes!

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Firstly I will repeat, make sure the oil seals are in 100%.

Now in this image above you can see the gauge senders sticking out each side, one thing i check before putting it all together was if they were going to fit and clear everything. You can see a wiring coming off the standard sender, this is because there was just enough room for it to fit in there with the stock nissan plug, but enough for a spade terminal..

The VDO oil pressure sender was an even tighter fit against the starter motor, the starter actualy touches the poll coming out of it so i am going to cut this down a tad shorter..

All done