<VV> 1965 Corvair oil pressure light inop

Gerg Werks gergwerks at comcast.net
Sat Jan 6 18:46:50 EST 2024


I had to buy a sender in Peachtree City, @ the 2022 convention. Was leaking after driving over from Louisiana.

Thanks,

Greg

> On Jan 6, 2024, at 5:10 PM, Les via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
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> And carry a spare for when the sender starts leaking and ends up with oil sprayed all over the engine compartment, as I discovered on the way to the convention this year.....
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>>    1. Re: 1965 Corvair oil pressure light inop (tony..)
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>> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 21:56:54 -0500
>> From: "tony.."<tony.underwood at cox.net>
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>> It's worth mentioning that you eliminate everything between the engine
>> crankcase and the instrument cluster by simply grounding the
>> plug-to-switch wire attached to the oil pressure snap switch, as
>> mentioned in here earlier. But doing it this way first saves a lot of
>> time. If the oil pressure light comes on, replace the snap switch.
>> They're cheap and readily available most places and they do go bad after
>> a half-century. Hell, they sometimes would go bad after a couple of
>> years...
>> 
>> tony..
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