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RE: Oil Pressure Switch

To: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>,
Subject: RE: Oil Pressure Switch
From: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 09:33:29
I have a Smiths gauge in my spit that the previous owner put there.  It
obviously matches up great!  I don't know if these were ever used on
Triumphs but I do believe this gauge was used on Jaguars.

Patrick Bowen

At 12:49 PM 9/1/98 -0500, Mostrom, Paul wrote:
>When mine went bad I went to the local discount auto parts store and for
>$9.95 I bought a mechanical oil pressure gauge.  That meant drilling a
>hole in the dash (above the passenger glovebox), but I much prefer to
>know what the pressure is rather than waiting for a light to tell me
>that I HAVE NONE!   
>
>Just personal preference.
>Paul M.
>'77 Spit 1500
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jack Levy [mailto:sales@cocoinc.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 12:08 PM
>To: GatesDavid@aol.com
>Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Oil Pressure Switch
>
>
>Just ordered it from Moss this morning, $19.95. I never think to go to a
>local auto parts, I guess 'cause the first thing they all usually say is
>what did you say that was a Triumph? is that a German car? 
>
>Thanks
>
>Jack
>
>
>At 11:38 AM 9/1/98 EDT, GatesDavid@aol.com wrote:
>>Jack,
>>
>>I replaced mine several months ago and was able to find it for about 3
>bucks
>>at a local auto parts store.  The first store I went to had one in
>stock.
>>Give it a try, could save you some down time waiting for the mail.
>>
>>David Gates
>>'73 Spitfire 1500
>>Hawaii
>>http://members.aol.com/gatesdavid/index.htm   <--- Rogues Gallery.
>>
>>In a message dated 8/31/98 3:03:08 PM Hawaiian Standard Time,
>>sales@cocoinc.com writes:
>>
>>> Subj:        Oil Pressure Switch
>>>  Date:      8/31/98 3:03:08 PM Hawaiian Standard Time
>>>  From:      sales@cocoinc.com (Jack Levy - Computer Consultants -
>Hwd. FL)
>>>  Sender:    owner-spitfires@autox.team.net
>>>  Reply-to:  <A HREF="mailto:sales@cocoinc.com";>sales@cocoinc.com</A>
>(Jack
>>Levy - Computer Consultants - Hwd. FL)
>>>  To:        spitfires@autox.team.net
>>>  
>>>  Today my oil light came on and I panicked pulled over and found that
>the 
>>> car
>>>  was in a puddle of oil, my oil. I shut it off and looke under the
>hood and
>>>  could not  find where the oil was coming from, I then started the
>engine
>>>  expecting it to squirt out a crack but found it flowing out of the
>oil
>>>  pressure switch, right underneath where it gets plugged into the
>connector
>>>  that says Rists. Has anyone ever had this happen, I've tried to find
>the
>>>  switch in my Moss catalog but I can't find it. 
>>>  
>>>  Jack
>>
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