oil pump

[GATS]

:dude:hi its me again, Paul, you lot are so knowledgeable i ,ll give you a other problem. i am trying to replace the oil switch for a adapter so i can fitan oil gauge, trouble is , its a pain to get to, is there a easy way of doing this job?. or do i start removing items to get to it?. Paul

[KOY 23]

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Small hands, nothing needs to come off. It helps to screw the switch into the T piece first.

I am not going into where to get the small hands!!

John.

[Marco Polo]

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Just did this job yesterday! I have the grazes on my "not so little hands" to prove it! The oilpressure switch is easy enough to get at with a socket on an extention, howevever when I tried to install the "T" piece it fouled the bolt holding the transfer housing to the block.

I had to remove the transfer housing, screw the "T" piece to it and then relocated the tranfer housing and installed the bolt. I would also advise replacing the two "O" rings in the transfer housing while it is removed. I secured the "O" rings using a little sealastic so that they didn't get displaced while fitting the transfer housing to the block.

I'd also do a couple of "dry runs" without the "O" rings to feel how the housing fits in relation to the block as you are working blind, before you do it, for real, with the "O" rings fitted.

Hope this helps!

regards,

Raoul

[KOY 23]

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Hello Raoul.

Your set up must be different, as my oil switch has the hexagon below the switch body so you cannot get a socket onto it. Also the T piece, from Rimmers I think, screwed down tight before hitting the tranfer housing.

I like the photo of your interior.

John.

[Marco Polo]

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G'day John,

Thanks for the comment on the interior, I'm quite pleased with it.

I think we do have a different oil switch, mine originally came with a 3 spade terminal pressure switch for the emissions equipment, I changed it sometime back for a single spade terminal item supplied frommy "local" (1700 kms away) Triumph specialist.

I'm using a "T" piece and metal reinforced pressure tube that was sourced by a mate whoworks forGoodrich.

I've managed to get hold of a late model TR6 pressure gauge on Ebaythat matches the Mk II Stag gauges perfectly.

regards,

Raoul

[KOY 23]

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Hello Raoul.

I also have a TR6 gauge, as you say a perfect match. Good old flea bay! I bought a XJ40 Jag clock and mounted in place of the ashtray.

John

[GATS]

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:dude:hi, i too have the switch which needs a open ended spanner, which of course needs a bit of room to use!!. i can,t see a way of removing this switch, with out removing some items to make room. also i am replacing the switch with a straight adapter not a t piece Paul.

[GATS]

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:dude:hi john , have you any photos of the jag clock replacement, it sounds like a good idea, i don,t smoke, so the ash tray is useless. Paul

[DJT]

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Paul,

I fitted a Jag clock a few years ago. Picture attached.

Dave

[Stagdad]

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GATS wrote:

:dude:hi, i too have the switch which needs a open ended spanner, which of course needs a bit of room to use!!. i can,t see a way of removing this switch, with out removing some items to make room. also i am replacing the switch with a straight adapter not a t piece Paul.

I had the same type with no visible flats from the topand removed it with a plumbers tap wrench which work on a knurled cam method.worked a treat.cheap enough from B&Q or the like.

[KOY 23]

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Weird, I thought that someone had photographed my car in my absence, until I saw the radio was different!!!

Raoul, it looks just like Dave's posting!

Dave, thanks for taking the photo for me.

John.

[GATS]

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:dude: hi stagdad, thanks for the tip about the wrench i went out and bought one , have not had time to try it ,but it looks the bees knees. paul

[DJT]

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GATS wrote:

:dude: hi stagdad, thanks for the tip about the wrench i went out and bought one , have not had time to try it ,but it looks the bees knees. paul

Paul,

Word of warning. Be careful fitting this adapter. They are usually a tapered thread and you are screwing it into an alloy casting. Guess which will break first . This was one of the first mods I did way back in 1989, and it cost me a new transfer housing as I split the original . Use PTFE tape and go careful with the wrench.

Dave

[GATS]

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:dude:hi guys, still trying to remove the oil switch!!. i bought a plumbers gimmo, but it still would,nt move. can i take the transfer housing off?. i heard its only one bolt, and take the switch off when its removed. i know i have to replace the o seals. the tranfer bolt gets in the way of using the plumbers gimmo, and useing a spanner is useless. paul:X:X:X

[StagnJag]

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Hi all,

This is a timely discussion, I am going to atempt this one tomorrow - as long as it isn't raining. I must admit I haven't looked too closely yet, but is the pressure sender unit above the level of the oil? I don't really want to drain it as it is pretty new but I don't want to pour oil all over my parking space either! :?.

Cheers

Dave