oil press "gauge"

[tom cloud]

>Actually up thru the 91 model F-series the gauge was real.  ie analog and
driven by a sending
>unit.

Wrongamundo!  I have the factory blessed schematics (and a '91 F150) --
they show the pressure sensor on 4.9 litre only, all others (not counting
diesel) have the cute little switch.  There's no drawing for the panel or
the instruments theyselfs, so I have my Ford part$ guy checking for me.

[just called him -- he went and talked to the shop and said I'm right....
in fact, he's ticked .... his Ranger is the same way.  His words don't
bear repeating in such genteel company.  The 'sperts in the shop said
that changing the sender to a pressure xducer would not fix it -- dunno
if it was on this list or not that someone said you could remove a resistor
behind the gauge and then it would work with the proper sending unit.]


Tom Cloud <cloud at peaches.ph.utexas.edu>