Oil Pressure Sender

[vaultsman]

So...finally got round to fitting that new sender that's been staring at me for the last couple of weeks!

18mm O/E spanner cut off to 3" long, alternator bracket off, and (eventually) out comes the expired one.

But now the fun part....

The new sender I have (Britpart!) says on the box "Equivalent to 555947 which is the Rover reference. But directly above the 1/2" male thread is a large hexagon (about 1.1/4") instead of the 3/8" Whit or 18mm on the original. This stops the sender driving fully home as it fouls a lug on the oil pump cover.

The Britpart sender looks exactly like the one shown on Ian Wilson's website here.. (ID 288)

Rover Classics - Electrical

Anyone else met up with this?

Can you get male/female distance adapters? Or am I safe to grind off the offending lug? (Don't really want to do this but if needs must!)

Stan

 

[keanej]

I had to get the file out to get mine to screw fully home, so yes just take a nick out and it will fit OK.

 

[vaultsman]

Many thanks John. It looks a bit more than a nick but I thought that would be OK. Its good to know for sure though.

Cheers,

Stan

 

[keanej]

When I say a nick I mean about 1/4 inch, as it was just the points of the two flats on the new sensor that was catching on the housing.

 

[vaultsman]

You're spot on with a 1/4" I reckon John..but to save me taking a coarse cut file to the ally I've pulled a favour from a machinist who owes me one. He's turning me up a brass distance piece tomorrow. Sketch available if anyone would like.

Just leaves the fuel pump to sort by Saturday then...