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I've got a pretty brutal oil leak from my oil pressure sensor. This is on the truck in my signature. I can't even see the thing, I can only barely touch it reaching around the back of the engine. To reach it, I have to reach through a bunch of wires and vacuum lines. The problem is, I accidental pulled a couple vacuum lines out of where they came from, and I don't know where that is.
The two lines go into some male terminals on the firewall, near the top, on the passenger side. They are aproximately 1/4" ID, 1/2" OD. There is a smaller vacuum line that goes into the firewall between them. I just need to know where these lines come from, as that is what I don't know.
The two lines go into some male terminals on the firewall, near the top, on the passenger side. They are aproximately 1/4" ID, 1/2" OD. There is a smaller vacuum line that goes into the firewall between them. I just need to know where these lines come from, as that is what I don't know.
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And finally, I just got back with my new 1-1/8" socket, tried it, and it's way too big! Is there a such thing as a 1-1/16" socket?
I tried the 1" again, and I ain't smokin' crack, it's too small.
Maybe it's some sort of weird metric piece of crap. I've found metric bolts on occasion before, so I guess it is possible.
I tried the 1" again, and I ain't smokin' crack, it's too small.
Maybe it's some sort of weird metric piece of crap. I've found metric bolts on occasion before, so I guess it is possible.
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Yes there are 1 1/16" sockets. If it is metric, 1"=25.4mm and 1 1/8"=28.6mm, so a 26, 27 or 28mm socket could also be the potential size. Buy all four and return the ones you don't need, or buy a set of large metric and SAE sockets. It might not be much more than the cost of the 4 separate sizes. Good Luck!
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Any auto parts store should have a socket to fit an oil pressure sender. It an oddball size and the sockets are deep, but the same socket will fit almost any oil pressure sender.
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Are the sending units different on the newer 460's?
Mine has a hex nut under the round, top part of the sending unit. Its just above the threaded part where it screws into the block. I believe it is a 9/16". An end wrench gets it for me.
Mine has a hex nut under the round, top part of the sending unit. Its just above the threaded part where it screws into the block. I believe it is a 9/16". An end wrench gets it for me.
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Yeah, it turned out to be the 1-1/16th" socket. I took the opportunity since I was back there to install an oil pressure guage, since the one on my dash is just an idiot guage.
I think I have the vacuum lines hooked up right, but when all was said and done, I had a 6 or 7 inch peice of vacuum hose laying on the frame, and I can't seem to locate where it came from. Everything else seems alright, though. In fact, I think a couple of those lines had been disconnected a while, 'cause when I put the hoses on and fired her up, she idled better and the C6 shifts firmer and at better points.
I think I have the vacuum lines hooked up right, but when all was said and done, I had a 6 or 7 inch peice of vacuum hose laying on the frame, and I can't seem to locate where it came from. Everything else seems alright, though. In fact, I think a couple of those lines had been disconnected a while, 'cause when I put the hoses on and fired her up, she idled better and the C6 shifts firmer and at better points.