Re: [Amc-list] Oil lite and crap f'ing parts

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Well, lets see.
 He could check the double pole side and if it still makes contact when it is running. He could wire a relay to trigger the light when the poles opened. 
   The worlds most complicated oil pressure light!

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5

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From: "Swygert, Francis G MSgt 436 CES/CECM" <Francis.Swygert3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Mark Price wrote:
>    A few years back when I did my initial install of my 4.0L with a carb
> I had to wire up a Holley street pump for fuel duty in the American. At
> the time I wanted to make sure I killed the fuel pump in event of an
> accident. I think it is a Holley item, I know I bought it thru Summit.
>   They sold a 3 pole oil pressure switch. Center pole triggered the
> light, the outer two were to kill the fuel pump in event of oil pressure
> loss such as when the engine died during an accident.
> --------------
> 
> Since the contacts are designed to run a fuel pump, the outer contacts
> should hold up. What's left is the diaphragm/seal/crimp (whichever is
> actually failing/leaking) -- will it stand 400-1000 psi? Oil pressure
> would rarely hit 100 psi, even in a race engine. 
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