Double gauge pod pillar
This double gauge pod pillar is made by Lotek. It's a complete replacement for the stock A-pillar. For now, it will house an oil temperature and an oil pressure gauge, which are not unimportant. The pillar houses two gauges with a diameter of 2 1/16 inch.


I bought these two AutoMeter gauges on eBay, where they are much cheaper than in Dutch stores over here. The left one is an oil temperature gauge, the right one being the oil pressure one. Both gauges are electronic from the Ultra Lite series.
Supplied with the oil pressure gauge is an oil pressure sensor. Because this sensor is fairly large, it won't fit the original pressure sensor fitting. And as I also still want to use the stock sensor, I had a stainless steel branched tube manufactured, so that I can fit two sensors. This tube will be screwed into the stock pressure sensor fitting.
As you can see the new oil pressure sensor is mounted just over the oil filter. The stock pressure sensor is screwed in the other end of the branched tube.
The oil temperature gauge needs a temperature sensor. I mounted this sensor in the oil pan. I drilled a hole through the drain plug, and tapped thread into it. The sensor was then mounted in the drain plug.
Here's the two gauges installed in the gauge pod.
   
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