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Ok! Got the oil pressure sender swapped (83520-60011) and happy to report a much more dynamic oil pressure gauge. It was completely covered in grim and oil when I got to it, though it didn't appear to have any leaks itself. Getting tithe sender off wasn't too hard:
- Remove the two electrical leads. They just slid off by hand.
- Get wrench (9/16 worked for me) and wrench it off at the neck. Its much higher than hand tightening.
- Remove and quickly swap to the new sender. A medium rate oil drip ensues as long as a sender is unscrewed. You dont need a pan or anything but you definitely want to put some kind of catch underneath. Cardboard would work. I have a garage matt that did its job.
- Hand screw the sender on, then wrench back on. How tight? I'm not sure.
- Put the connectors back on. Once I put the white one on, I couldn't take it back off.
Pics:
Nasty old sender
New sender screwed in:
I think I got it screwed in about as far as the old one. I found ~3 threads exposed, which is approximately what the old sender had grime on. I was afraid to over tighten with the wrench. It was definitely in a few turns past hand tight. I could have maybe wrenched more but was afraid to strip or over tighten.
I'll be monitoring for leaks, and I guess use that as a sign to tighten more.
Grime marks on the old sender.
The other weird thing I ran into: once I put the connectors on the new sender, I could not get it off. I guess there is some kind of lock on the white one? Not sure why it was so easy on the old one.
Any ideas appreciated.
Two other bonus tasks:
Fresh handbrake cover
Tooless conversion for rear wiper:
- Remove the two electrical leads. They just slid off by hand.
- Get wrench (9/16 worked for me) and wrench it off at the neck. Its much higher than hand tightening.
- Remove and quickly swap to the new sender. A medium rate oil drip ensues as long as a sender is unscrewed. You dont need a pan or anything but you definitely want to put some kind of catch underneath. Cardboard would work. I have a garage matt that did its job.
- Hand screw the sender on, then wrench back on. How tight? I'm not sure.
- Put the connectors back on. Once I put the white one on, I couldn't take it back off.
Pics:
Nasty old sender
New sender screwed in:
I think I got it screwed in about as far as the old one. I found ~3 threads exposed, which is approximately what the old sender had grime on. I was afraid to over tighten with the wrench. It was definitely in a few turns past hand tight. I could have maybe wrenched more but was afraid to strip or over tighten.
I'll be monitoring for leaks, and I guess use that as a sign to tighten more.
Grime marks on the old sender.
The other weird thing I ran into: once I put the connectors on the new sender, I could not get it off. I guess there is some kind of lock on the white one? Not sure why it was so easy on the old one.
Any ideas appreciated.
Two other bonus tasks:
Fresh handbrake cover
Tooless conversion for rear wiper:
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