Topic: Oil sending unit

[cob428]

Trying to determine if this is the original oil pressure sending unit for June built 1969 GT500? In all the searches I find units without the black cover?

[RoyceP]

Originals are a gold finish and are 1/4" NPT on the end. The one in your picture has an adapter. Many things wrong with that compared to the original part.

[Bob Gaines]

Trying to determine if this is the original oil pressure sending unit for June built 1969 GT500? In all the searches I find units without the black cover?

That is a Stewart Warner sender like what is used with 68 Shelby . The 69/70 Shelby used a Ford sender that is bell shaped ,zink dichromate and the assemblyline units are identified with the FoMoCo trademark in block letters inside a rectangle not a oval.

[RoyceP]

Bill at Mansfield Mustang had a few NOS oil senders for your car left a few weeks ago. If I were you I would call him tomorrow.

[cob428]

Do the tachometer cars and non tach cars take the same sending unit? Bulb type correct?

[RoyceP]

If you have an oil gage you need the large sender. If you have an idiot light you need the small one with the green plastic.

[cob428]

Royce, I talked to Bill and he is not sure the bell type sending unit will work with the Shelby. He does have a couple of them C9ZZ-9278-A but wasn't sure it would be correct. Any input on this?

Pete

[RoyceP]

Royce, I talked to Bill and he is not sure the bell type sending unit will work with the Shelby. He does have a couple of them C9ZZ-9278-A but wasn't sure it would be correct. Any input on this?

Pete

If you have a tach then you need the sender for an idiot light:

[Bob Gaines]

If you have a tach then you need the sender for an idiot light:

All 69/70 Shelby's have a oil pressure gauge and use the bell type. I am not sure why a tach car would need one sender over the other since the tach has nothing to do with oil pressure.   The sender has to do with if a oil pressure gauge is present which shows a range of pressure (bell shape) vs. no gauge and instead a idiot light which activates (button type) when at minimum oil pressure .

[RoyceP]

Bob I forgot this was a Shelby. If it were a normal Mustang then there would be no place for an oil pressure gage with a tach.


Sounds like Bill has you covered if you act fast enough.

[Bob Gaines]

Bob I forgot this was a Shelby. If it were a normal Mustang then there would be no place for an oil pressure gage with a tach.


Sounds like Bill has you covered if you act fast enough.

This is kind of deja vu . Wasn't it me making a similar mistake of not looking at the category in regards to a Mach I a few days ago and you catching it?      It's all good.

[cob428]

I appreciate all the help all of you have been giving me. Everything has worked out fine Thank you