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triumph10
Allan Lau

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12/28/2007 12:15PM

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oil pressure sending unit
Posted by: triumph10
Date: May 25, 2013 10:24AM

Okay I am going to ask a dumb question. I have rebuild a buick 215 and I cannot find the spot where the oil pressure sending unit goes. There are not any spots on the timing cover or on the block. I purchased this engine in pieces and during the build discovered that the balancer was not a 215 V8 balancer, so I am wondering if the front cover is from a 300? Apparently the engine I bought has been pieced together and not all 215 parts. Can someone tell me the difference?


MGBV8
Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
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Registered:
10/23/2007 11:32PM

Main British Car:
1979 MGB Buick 215

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Re: oil pressure sending unit
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: May 25, 2013 10:50AM

I use a port on my D&D swivel oil filter adapter.

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Moderator
Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4577 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: oil pressure sending unit
Posted by: Moderator
Date: May 25, 2013 01:06PM

The port you're looking for should be on the oil filter mount (a.k.a. valve body), not the front cover. I'm actually using a V6 front cover and filter mount, so I don't have an original 215 mount to look at either, but as I recall it should be just above the oil filter. On the V6 part, I needed an adapter fitting to shift down one tube size...
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Migge
Michael B.

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11/18/2008 02:31PM

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Re: oil pressure sending unit
Posted by: Migge
Date: May 28, 2013 06:19AM

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