Oil Temp sender installation..???
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Green Valley Arizona
Oil Temp sender installation..???
All I want to do is to install the oil temp sender into my '81. I know it goes above the oil filter and there is a plug there. How in the he$$ do you get that thing out???
I tried it with the engine cold...nothing.
So I went for an hour drive to get it nice and warmed-up...and then tried...nope will not budge.
Do I have to get the torch out and heat this plug up? Or is there some trick to this??
Thanks,
LannyL81
I tried it with the engine cold...nothing.
So I went for an hour drive to get it nice and warmed-up...and then tried...nope will not budge.
Do I have to get the torch out and heat this plug up? Or is there some trick to this??
Thanks,
LannyL81
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2002
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From: Norfolk VA
Last July,when I removed my engine from my vehicle to change my torque convertor, I put my engine on a dolly and it fell over breaking off the oil sending unit. I took an screw extractor and twisted the remaining portion of the tube out. The sending unit that screws into the tube is of a different type of metal than the male end on the sending unit and over time, they fuse together. To make a long story short, Put your wrench on the nut on the sending unit body and the whole unit and tube should come out of the block. I dont remember where I got that new copper tube from. A hardware or an auto parts store may have that tube.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Green Valley Arizona
On my '81, it has never had the oil temp sender installed...it only has a plug in the hole above the oil filter. It's this plug that I am trying to get out.
The plug is the same type that is screwed into the heads for water temp sensors or radiator fan switches. I know to get those out requires heating with a torch. I had thought that a hot engine would have been enough to let me ease that plug out...but nope.
Have to try the ole propane torch this weekend.
LannyL81
The plug is the same type that is screwed into the heads for water temp sensors or radiator fan switches. I know to get those out requires heating with a torch. I had thought that a hot engine would have been enough to let me ease that plug out...but nope.
Have to try the ole propane torch this weekend.
LannyL81
