oil pressure issue
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Joined: Aug 2011
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From: Dandridge TN
I did mine this weekend without removing the manifold and it is quite a PITA. In order to get the clip off, you need a coat hanger with a tiny hook in the end unless your hands are tiny. I thought I had small hands, but still couldn't get much more than a finger tip on the connector. FYI, I would tie a piece of twine to the neck of the sensor as you're putting in the new one. As I was trying to manipulate it into the hole it fell down between the engine and firewall and I couldn't get it out. I tried pulling the battery and going from the side, jacking the car and going in from the bottom but it's too tight. I have a new $45 sensor lodged somewhere back there. I was hoping I could slam on the brakes and dislodge it, but no go.
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2001
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From: Slidell La
I did mine this weekend without removing the manifold and it is quite a PITA. In order to get the clip off, you need a coat hanger with a tiny hook in the end unless your hands are tiny. I thought I had small hands, but still couldn't get much more than a finger tip on the connector. FYI, I would tie a piece of twine to the neck of the sensor as you're putting in the new one. As I was trying to manipulate it into the hole it fell down between the engine and firewall and I couldn't get it out. I tried pulling the battery and going from the side, jacking the car and going in from the bottom but it's too tight. I have a new $45 sensor lodged somewhere back there. I was hoping I could slam on the brakes and dislodge it, but no go.
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,347
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From: Slidell La
1st Gm
2nd Napa
3rd Gm and it is still working.
I found the wire harness is very short and pulls on the top plastic part of the sensor. This may be causing them to fail. When I had the manifold out last time I cut and spliced/soldered/shrink tubed 8 " of triple wire aircraft 18 ga wire harness into the plug. This allowed me to put a stress relief loop in the harness and take all stress off the sensor. This type of stress relief is required in aircraft wiring work.
Hopefully mine won't fail again. It was working well this weekend at the vet club car show.
