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A female spade wouldn't work on mine:
(Or at least I can't see how it would. But maybe petrol engines are different.)
Sounds dodgy ... but then I guess I am an old fusspot...
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I have those connector housings and terminals in stock in white and black. See my signature for a link to web site.
i got mine from my local gm dealership since my toyota dealership just looked at me with a confused look
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What's dodgy is the plastic piece of crap that Yazaki originally used.
Put a female spade on the wire and be happy.
Put a female spade on the wire and be happy.
Female spades fit securely on male spades.
The sender doesn't have a male spade yet you imply a female spade will still slip onto it and sit there securely.
I guess I'll have to try a female spade there myself ... but from where I'm sitting now, I'd expect my 30-year-old OEM female connector to make a far more reliable connection.
The sender doesn't have a male spade yet you imply a female spade will still slip onto it and sit there securely.
I guess I'll have to try a female spade there myself ... but from where I'm sitting now, I'd expect my 30-year-old OEM female connector to make a far more reliable connection.
Well, sure, there is something to be said for experience...
But, you know that aging female is getting a little loose and losing that nice, tight, friction fitment. Don't get me wrong, my first female connector was stock '74 OEM, But she got loose and kept sliding off. I cut her off and crimped on a nice new firm female connector. I'm not going to get into how tight the new female connector was (might have been Chinese, and, well, you know...) or any of the more obvious lines of thought, this being Tech and all.
if your OEM connector is still there and still tight and doing the job... good on ya.
But, take a look at who is suggesting that a spade connector will work... think about whether or not we might have just a little experience under our belts... or why either Jim or myself would pop up and say it would work if it wouldn't... consider that you initially insisted you could not even use a spade connector in this location.
Then try it and see before you discount the recommendation.
Mark...
But, take a look at who is suggesting that a spade connector will work... think about whether or not we might have just a little experience under our belts... or why either Jim or myself would pop up and say it would work if it wouldn't... consider that you initially insisted you could not even use a spade connector in this location.
Then try it and see before you discount the recommendation.
Mark...
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I agree a female spade connector will work, especially if you get the full insulated one and cut a slot in the insulator for the post on the sensor.
If you want the OEM style connector for the OEM look and with the weird terminal in a tinned brass version, which is "stiffer" (meaning it grips the post better) and more corrosion resistant than just a plain brass terminal, then there is another choice.
BTW these connectors are as tight as any young, well you get the idea... 
If you want the OEM style connector for the OEM look and with the weird terminal in a tinned brass version, which is "stiffer" (meaning it grips the post better) and more corrosion resistant than just a plain brass terminal, then there is another choice.
BTW these connectors are as tight as any young, well you get the idea...
I have used the female spade as well. Very tight. Also on the brake master switches.Female spades fit securely on male spades.
The sender doesn't have a male spade yet you imply a female spade will still slip onto it and sit there securely.
I guess I'll have to try a female spade there myself ... but from where I'm sitting now, I'd expect my 30-year-old OEM female connector to make a far more reliable connection.
if your OEM connector is still there and still tight and doing the job... good on ya.
But, take a look at who is suggesting that a spade connector will work... think about whether or not we might have just a little experience under our belts... or why either Jim or myself would pop up and say it would work if it wouldn't... consider that you initially insisted you could not even use a spade connector in this location.
Then try it and see before you discount the recommendation.
Mark...
A female spade wouldn't work on mine:
Sorry if I've come across as being arrogant Mark.
When I made the statement above I truly thought my diesel oil sender may have been different to yours.
I continue to learn things from ih8mud.
This morning (a few minutes ago) I went out to my spare engine and tried fitting a standard (6.3mm I think they are) female spade onto the oil sender.
Edit 14 Sept 2012 .... Unbenown to me I wasn't trying out a 6.3mm spade here but instead was trying the correct style of female fitting so this whole post is nonsense (and is best ignored). See post #26 for more details.
Sure enough (and as you guys promised) it fits quite tightly even though there's no "indent type of thing" to fix it in the best correct position.
(I could actually slide this virgin spade completely off the round-male-connector in either direction .. but of course this would be limited to one direction once a wire is soldered in and a plastic sleeve is fitted.)
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Edit 14 Sept 2012 - Again this whole post is nonsense too, because, while the plastic sleeve is indeed off a 6.3mm female spade terminal, the brass terminal in the pics is NOT a 6.3mm spade terminal. (Interesting that it fits a 6.3mm male spade terminal so well though.) See post #26.
You'd have to slit one side of the plastic sleeve as Mark/Coolerman says.
And the fit is certainly not as secure as on this nearby oil switch that my spare engine has (which has a matching male spade) where an indent tends to lock the pair in the act of full-thrust-coitis.
So while I've learnt here that you can successfully use a female spade I'd personally I'd still go for the proper connector that Mark/Coolerman sells.
You'd have to slit one side of the plastic sleeve as Mark/Coolerman says.
And the fit is certainly not as secure as on this nearby oil switch that my spare engine has (which has a matching male spade) where an indent tends to lock the pair in the act of full-thrust-coitis.
So while I've learnt here that you can successfully use a female spade I'd personally I'd still go for the proper connector that Mark/Coolerman sells.
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