| Author | Message | ||
     Christian S. Hansen Prolific User Username: enquiring_mind Post Number: 266 Registered: 4-2015 |
Re: 1968 MPW Coupe CRX2541 The Peacock Blue Shadow is being shipped away tomorrow and I am now switching my attention to the MPW Coupe. Upon starting the engine, the oil pressure comes up on the dash gauge, but the oil light in the ignition switch area does not go out. I suspect that there is a dedicated sending unit for the oil light and that it is simply stuck, or that there is a wiring issue from lack of recent use. Although I have searched the manual for a diagram of the location, I cannot seem to find such a diagram. On the later Shadows, the gauge sending unit and two others are at the oil filter head. Before I go crawling around under the MPW, may I assume the oil light sending unit is in a similar position on the very early engine, which is a lot less complicated that the later, or elsewhere? I am hoping that wiggling or disconnecting and reconnecting the wires at the sending unit may cure the problem. Advice most appreciated. Also perhaps a reference to the section of the manual with details of location. Thanks! | ||
| Martin Taylor Experienced User Username: martin_taylor Post Number: 17 Registered: 7-2013 |
Same place on the oil filter housing, order a new sensor before you go in, they are cheap and it's a messy place | ||
| Christian S. Hansen Prolific User Username: enquiring_mind Post Number: 267 Registered: 4-2015 |
Thanks, Martin... I'll take a peak before I start disconnecting anything. Whereas on the later Shadows there are three senders at that location, I suspect that on the early engines there are fewer, but at least two...one for the guage and one for the light. Which is which? Hopefully someone can direct me to a diagram? Thanks! | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 701 Registered: 4-2009 |
Dear Christian, the two are very different. Th oil pressure guage sender unit is 5 times as big as the warning light switch. The warning light switch looks very similar to the temperature sensor that you showed us in an earlier post (the one that had teflon tape on it). Thanks Omar | ||
| Christian S. Hansen Prolific User Username: enquiring_mind Post Number: 268 Registered: 4-2015 |
Thanks, Omar... I was just searching the manual and think I found the illustration which was out of place from where I had expected it to be...but it's there.  |
