

| Subject: | 86-91 oil pressure switch |
| From: | Joel Walker |
| Date: | Sat, 30 Aug 1997 20:49:42 CDT |
for those of you who have the pleasure of replacing your own oil pressure switch, the high-pressure one, at the back of the engine ... it's helpful to loosen the v-belt for the water pump. it allows you some more finger room down there. Bentley book says to "bend" the muffler shield ... ha! i was able to get a little more room, by knocking a big dent in the shield ... the horizontal part just behind where the pressure sender is. the shield sticks up just enough to mess up the socket going in. the weird thing is ... the sender is 24mm (and you'll need a deep socket), but it's screwed into a "sleeve" that is screwed into the engine. and the sleeve is 22mm. go figure. the sleeve may or may not come out with the sender. better figure at least TWICE the time you think it'll take. it's a bitch getting the socket in there. you'll definitely need a "wobble" attachment (the little thingie that looks like a universal joint). i still can't see where the old one was leaking, but with the new one in, there ain't no more oil leak back there. :) joel
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