340 oil sending unit question

[340wedge]

Does the wire that goes to the oil sending unit on 340 cars with Rallye Dash have this plastic clip on it, or just the metal clip alone..Thank you.

 

[kursplat]

the sender side? i'm going to guess bare...

 

[RedFish]

All I can offer is if I had that proper insulator I would install it. I don't know if it was the heat, or distributor wrenches, or just what happened to those insulators. They aren't often seen. There was a special female terminal for that little round button of a male too. Common female spade terminal might work. I haven't tried that.

 

[whitepunkonnitro]

They were bare

 

[Cuda Al]

Never seen an insulator on one and I'm not sure that's the correct terminal.


Alan

 

[brian6pac]

My cuda had that exact end on it (sender for gauge)

 

[Mark2205]

Mine has that exact plastic end on it. Its slides on at a 90* angle on the bell shaped oil pressure sender units.

 

[MoparMike1974]

All the ones I have seen were bare. That area gets all the engine heat so its possible they got brittle and crumbled early in life.

 

[67Dart273]

I've seen some with insulators, don't remember what year/ model. I'd say if you can get one / get it on there use it

 

[brian6pac]

All the ones I have seen were bare. That area gets all the engine heat so its possible they got brittle and crumbled early in life.

I agree with this, falling apart from heat over time.

 

[RedFish]

If they could omit this insulator to save a penny per unit... they might, but they do know what happens if/when this raw terminal touches a chassis ground point. For some, simply a oil lamp always on. For others a oil gauge pegged at zero resistance which would kill the gauge eventually.