{FORGED?} Re: !@@#@#% GDMF pressure switches

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On July 19, 2005 Tom Jennings wrote:

> Now I'm getting pissed off!
> 
> A month ago I wrote how I had an oil pressure (idiot light) switch
> fail as I pulled into the fast lane of the highway. Panic time! I
> thought I had lost oil pressure, but it was just the switch
> failing.
> 
> Bought a new switch (NAPA Echlin OP6626) and all's well -- until
> this morning! 3 - 4 weeks later! Damn switch dies (short to
> ground).
> 
> Luckily, I installed a mechanical oil pump on the firewall at the
> same time, and presure is 100% normal, the switch failed again.
> 
> This is on top of two failures of other, one-wire Echlin switches
> installed in the brake master cylinder (stop light switch) of my
> Rambler. In the last 3 - 4 years I had as many fail.
> 
> I fixed the Rambler by buying Ron Francis Wiring's $20 switch.  I
> guess I'll have to do the same for the Hornet now. Expensive,
> but it claims to be better made, so far so good.
> 
> Aftermarket parts are really turning to crap!

I have been using aftermarket oil and temp sending switches for 30 years and have yet to have one fail. The brand name escapes me at this time. I also use real gauges (Auto Meter) as a backup just in case. Like Fog Horn Leghorn said I always keep a spare set of feathers in my locker or I keep my feathers numbered for just these emergency's. :-) backup to the stock idiot lights will save your sanity or your motor. Now where did that pesky little up start rooster go??????
"Doc"












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