Alan Bredbury

[bdub]

from http://www.web-access.net/~bmassey/gmc-faq.html

What is a replacement oil pressure switch for the Onan?

NAPA # OP6074 It replaces OE on several 80 ish GM vehicles and a 90 ish
Geo. Normally closed. Opens 3 - 8 psi (Byron Maxwell)
Borg Warner Oil Pressure Switch with a part number S310 costs $5.00.
(Richard Waters)

I don't have experience with putting on timing chain set yet, but I'd be
surprised if I had to drop all those oil pans. Check out Heinz' page at:
http://www.bytedesigns.com/gmc/timing.htm

hth
bdub

>You can call me a lurker, I seem to have trouble
>getting the list to accept mail from me. I have a
>question or two which I am sure someone out there can
>help me with. First someone please tell me that the
>GMC manual I have is wrong because if it is right I
>need to remove the oil pan to get the front cover off
>to do the timing chain and gears. Further the way it
>is written it looks like you have to remove the final
>drive to get the pan off. Yikes. I hope I am reading
>this wrong. Second, Does anyone have a Napa part
>number for the oil pressure shutdown switch for the
>6000 watt Onan? Thanks in advance. I am looking
>forward to getting this work done before I go to FL in
>Feburary starting tonight, lets see it's gonna be 15
>degrees tonight and no garage, this ought to be fun.
>Alan Bredbury in CT.
>1974 26' GMC owned for almost 2 years.
>
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[richard waters]

Since my name in included in this post I thought I would
share with all of you an experience that happened to my
neighbor a few months ago.

He's the original owner of a 1973 23' Canyon Lands.
He noticed some oil under his 4KW Onan and knowing of
my experience with my Onan decided to replace the oil pressure
switch. At my direction, he went to the local parts supply and
purchased what he thought was a Borg Warner Oil Pressure
Switch with the part number S310. He got it home and
discovered that it was not the same as the one I bought! He
took it back to the parts place and they did some checking
and discovered that the part number was correct, but that
somewhere along the line the wrong switch was put in the box.
They found another box with the correct switch in it and he took
it home and fixed his oil leak.

So the bottom line here is TAKE THE ORIGINAL SWITCH WITH
YOU TO THE PARTS STORE AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT
THEY GIVE YOU IS THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL!
Richard Waters '76 PB, Troy, MI

> from http://www.web-access.net/~bmassey/gmc-faq.html
>
> What is a replacement oil pressure switch for the Onan?
>
> NAPA # OP6074 It replaces OE on several 80 ish GM vehicles and a 90 ish
> Geo. Normally closed. Opens 3 - 8 psi (Byron Maxwell)
> Borg Warner Oil Pressure Switch with a part number S310 costs $5.00.
> (Richard Waters)
>
> I don't have experience with putting on timing chain set yet, but I'd be
> surprised if I had to drop all those oil pans. Check out Heinz' page at:
> http://www.bytedesigns.com/gmc/timing.htm
>
> hth
> bdub
>

> >You can call me a lurker, I seem to have trouble
> >getting the list to accept mail from me. I have a
> >question or two which I am sure someone out there can
> >help me with. First someone please tell me that the
> >GMC manual I have is wrong because if it is right I
> >need to remove the oil pan to get the front cover off
> >to do the timing chain and gears. Further the way it
> >is written it looks like you have to remove the final
> >drive to get the pan off. Yikes. I hope I am reading
> >this wrong. Second, Does anyone have a Napa part
> >number for the oil pressure shutdown switch for the
> >6000 watt Onan? Thanks in advance. I am looking
> >forward to getting this work done before I go to FL in
> >Feburary starting tonight, lets see it's gonna be 15
> >degrees tonight and no garage, this ought to be fun.
> >Alan Bredbury in CT.
> >1974 26' GMC owned for almost 2 years.
> >
> >__________________________________________________
> >Do You Yahoo!?
> >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
> >http://im.yahoo.com