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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:04 pm 
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Hey all,
I have just swapped the instrument cluster in my EF from a GLi one to a chaser one.
How do I change the oil pressure switch??
I have the sensor in my posession ($45 from fraud) and have NFI how to access the current switch.
What tools would be needed??
Any help would be appreciated
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:09 pm 
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you'll need a deep socket - can't remember the size, although i believe auto stores stock a specific oil pressure switch one!

its on the side of the block, under the intake manifold. has a blue(?) wire coming out of it :)

 

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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:55 pm 
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they're a prick to get off if you don't have the deep socket.
i ended up not using one, but it took me forever.

 

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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:03 pm 
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i changed mine today cos it was leaking oil out of it!

i used a 1" deep socket, did the job, just GO SLOW, you dont wanna cross thread or strip it. you'll be f**k then lol
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:47 pm 
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The Oil Switch is a 1" socket which is used in a GLi and Futura.

However the Chaser and Fairmont series "Oil Sender" is larger and you can get away with a 1+1/16th single Hex deep Impact socket, or the correct oil sender remover socket (a single hex Kincrome brand or ABV is about 14bux and well worth it for future uses.

 

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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:59 pm 
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$2 flea-market spanner cut in half did the job for me :)

Of course i'm running oil switch AND oil sender. Old light segment is still in the guage version of my chaser cluster, so why not have the best of both worlds.

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:54 am 
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how would you have both a sender and a switch??

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:08 pm 
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You cannot run Both unless you splice into the sensor wire and that would give the r\wrong readings on BOTH the guage and the light :twisted: :twisted:

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:08 pm 
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You can if you fit a T piece to the block and run a guage sender and a light switch.

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:50 pm 
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you'd have to use the existing wire for one, and a new wire ran for the other.
with the falcons, dosen't the light come on if the oil pressure drops down low?
why would you need a switch if it does that?

 

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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:30 pm 
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I was haing the low oil pressure blues a little while ago. I didn't know if it was oil pressure or an electrical problem. I had the pressure guage setup, so I added a T piece, ran another wire to a pressure switch, and connected it to the light in the dash that is used for the oil light on non-guaged falcons. (Used a spare pin on the cluster plug, did some PCB track work etc)

Turns out I had low oil pressure, as both would then activate at roughly the same time. Changed to Penrite HPR15 and all was good :)

Late reply - been off net for almost 2 weeks. Telstra are a**hole.

 

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