Oil Pressure Sender Part #

Standard Ford.

BUT, make sure you get one for a gauge, NOT an idiot light.

And of course, you know they are basically just for general information - they are seldom close to accurate.

Larry

Thank you, yeah I realize they are not accurate, but I've had a factory gauge prevent me from doing more damage after I had an oil pump seize and snap a shaft

The sender for an idiot light is much smaller than the sender for a gauge.

John

Yeah, the one on the car appeared to have been the smaller idiot light kind, the problem is I can't get the larger gauge sender that I got at Schucks to fit in the spot at the top rear where the broken sender was. The housing is just too wide. Could I have had a smaller sender? The pressure always seemed to be pegged at 70lb/o, so I'm guessing it was just a dummy light sender?

Maybe I should just do the mod for the clevelands and just tee it off at the rear to get more oil pressure on the rear bearings while I'm at it. I'll check when I get home, but does the cleveland have the side mount extension for the sender just above the oil pump like the windsors and 289/302's?

Here is what the new one looks like that doesn't fit



Trying to find a picture of my old one.

That looks similar to the correct sender. The one for the idiot light is very small (by comparison) and the top is a black plastic piece that is crimped to the base.

I'll see if I can find my old sender (I'm using a mechanical gauge).

Ok it does appear to be a dummy light sender, I guess the question now is, does anyone have a part number for an OEM sender that fits on the rear top port on the cleveland or am I going to have to install a T fitting and maybe install a mechanical gauge alongside or do the oil mod? Maybe its just my Rousch manifold causing the problem for me specifically.

Chris,

just go to Schucks and tell them you need a sender for a '72 mustang with a 351C. Bring the old one with you to compare. If you decide to do the "T" conversion, you can but the brass "T" fitting at Fastenal in Burien. I had a hard time finding them anywhere else. It is an easy mod.

Good luck and drop me a line if you need anything.

John

The orange parts book shows the original part number for the Pantera oil sender to be C9ZZ-9278-A (Mustang). It also show a SW-852 as a replacement part. This is probably a Stewart Warner part.

Below is a pic of the original sending unit from my '71. It measures just under 2" dia at the crimp ring, and 1.55" dia above the crimp ring. The only info on it is "FoMoCo".

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Originally posted by Hustler:
...does the cleveland have the side mount extension for the sender just above the oil pump like the windsors and 289/302's?

Yes, I relocated my sender there using an extension from a 5.0 Ford motor.

Michael

I think this is an issue of my intake manifold being the culprit. I have a Rousch Single Plane A351 and noticed one for sale online which had been notched for just this reason. What I ended up doing was getting a cast 45 degree 1/4" street plumbing elbow, basically like the one below at the local hardware store for $2.17, going to see if that works.

I'll let you guys know how it works, and thanks for all the input.

John - I already went to two Schucks stores, CarQuest, and Napa in Burien/White Center area and they all stock the same sized model. At each one I told them it was for a 72 Mustang etc etc. One Schucks finally understood my problem, so we searched through their shelves in the back but couldn't find one with a smaller diameter housing with the same 1/4" connector. So I'm just going to use an adapter like the one I got and see if it clears now.