Oil heater in oil pan

HAVE A 2 PIECE JEFF JOHNSON FAB OIL PAN WITH 4" KICK OUT AND internal Baffle Balls ON MY BBC..I WANT TO INSTALL A MOROSO OIL PAN HEATER AND A OIL TEMP GAUGE INTO PAN..HAS ANYONE DONE THIS AND IF SO WHERE DID THEY INSTALL[PICS BE GREAT]

 

Did it on a Chevy motor we had , sorry no pics. But worked great.

Wayne

 

Thanks;;mine chevy also...just talked to person on phone and he got me lined out and Jeff[his pan]also told me how and where to do it..not rocket science but just wanted to make sure did it correct..now need to find aluminum bung for temp gauge fitting and one for oil heater..mine is steel and pan is aluminum..no work that way..

 

Aluim fittings

Both Grainger and McMaster Carr sell aluim fittings. One half couplings or regular couplings. Be sure you check thread on heater as sometimes they are electrical pipe instead of water pipe. Grainger also sell 1" elect water heater screw in (1" elect) heating units that are 1500 watts 110 volts.

 

Jegs had what i needed in stock;;ordered;;

 

What kind of temp gauge are you using in the pan? Why not just use a $60 temp gun? That's all we use and its handy to shoot cylinder head temps during warm up.

 

"caution".

Just do not leave the heater on to long as it gets so hot it will burn a hole through your fire proof engine bag. I have experienced this personally. Rich

 

Eactly why i decided to mount a oil temp gauge so i can see where i'm at with oil temp at all times;;;my ideal is to mount gauge along beside the oil heater plug on frame rail;;my thinking is is i mount gauge inside car and i check gauge to see if warm enough..while walking to front of car to unplug heater may get stoped by another crew member and get side tracked and then forget to unplug..i'm thinking if gauge is located beside of plug then when i look down to check temp and see it's good then i'm already looking at plug also so can just unplug at same time i'm checking temp..