oil sending unit.
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oil sending unit.
ok im trying to get my gages to work and im starting with my oil light. i have a 59 f100 292. were is the oil sending unit i cant find it i looked in my manual and it said it should be in front of my oil filter but i cant find it. i found the wire i think. and is my tempature sending unit on my intake manifold in the back left.
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Are you sure about that?
It seems to me Number Dummy Bill posted a response once that said the units were the same for lights and gauges. However, this may have been on a different year.
It seems to me Number Dummy Bill posted a response once that said the units were the same for lights and gauges. However, this may have been on a different year.
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I think so (old memory), on a gauge unit the sender uses a variable pyrometer (resistor) [not sure of the terminology, so I just made that up!!
] in the sender unit so as to tell the gauge what to read (show), like a gas gauge, in a light it’s just a spring loaded (pre-set) off or on switch, right? USUALLY the gauge sender as big and fat (like me) and the light senders are smaller. 
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Normally they are located near the oil filter or on the oil filter mounting ring. It should be about 3/4 to 1" in diameter and about 1 to 1 1/4 inches tall, and shaped a little like a bell or an upside down dixie cup. It will have a little pin sticking out of th etop of it that a wire clips onto. On the block (flat) side it will have a threaded shaft about 3/8 inch in diameter with fine threads.
I'll see if I can find a picture of the one I have.
Edit Note: This one is off a 239 and is more "squat" than most, but they are basically the same-yours may be a little skinnier and taller.
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I do not have a flat bed scanner (or the 10 year old to run it) and my parts book only goes to 54, so this a poor picture of a picture, not sure if you will be able to see # 9278.
y block # 2.jpg
y block # 2.jpg
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