That's, what I did also. I also used the tiny plastic tubing they sell at
NAPA to mount the oil pressure gauge sending unit under the coil. There were
two convenient  OEM holes there that were already threaded.
http://neksiwel.20m.com/cgi-bin/i/images/oil_sender.jpg  I need to update
this picture because I have since added a tee to include the stock pressure
switch.
Ken Lewis
http://neksiwel.20m.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Collum" <collum@VERIZON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] oil pressure problems,still

>I have purchased an M-10 X 1.0 to 1/8 NPT 27 adapter for installing my
> oil pressure gauge extension hose which is similiar to the one in this
> link:
>
> http://www.egauges.com/vdo_acce.asp?Subgroup=Mech_Temp_Adapters
>
> That way I'll keep my engine's threads stock.
>
> Mike
>
>