60 series oil pressure sender issue
Submitted: Sunday, Oct 30, 2011 at 16:54
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mcgra
Hi Guys
I have lost the oil pressure reading in my beloved 60 series @H engine while out driving, I pulled over and found the wire had separated from the slide clip on the oil sender. when I got
home I re soldered the wire to the slide clip but still have no reading for oil pressure.
Am I correct to believe it is a single wire to the oil pressure swsender or is there 2 wires as there is a male fitting above where the slide clip goes on. just cant recall if it had two wires to it or one.
if I put the center slide clip to the male fitting I get High oil reading with ignition on and engine not running and with center clip I am getting no read at all now.
does this mean the sender is gone to god and I need to buy a new one? how difficult is it to fit a new one?
your thoughts please
cheers
mcgra
Reply By: Rockape - Sunday, Oct 30, 2011 at 17:22
Sunday, Oct 30, 2011 at 17:22
Mcgra,
just had a look at my manual and the early HJ60's were 2 wire. Black with a yellow stripe and 2 white with black stripes (earths)
Late model HJ60's were signal wire Black with a white stripe.
Don't worry too much about the colours I have quoted as sometimes
mine are different colours to the book.
If the sender has only one point for the connection then it will only use one wire.
Try shorting the wire to earth and that should give you a reading with the ignition on. If it does the sender is u/s and if it doesn't either the wire is broken elsewhere, the gauge is faulty or the feed to the gauge has a blown fuse (this I doubt as many if not all of the instrument cluster gauges will not work.)
Hope you find it, you can also buy aftermarket oil pressure senders for your old girl.
RA.
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Follow Up By: Rockape - Sunday, Oct 30, 2011 at 20:23
Sunday, Oct 30, 2011 at 20:23
mate that word signal should have read single.
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