Oil Level sensor plug
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Oil Level sensor plug Does anyone know of a plug that can be used to plug off the hole for the oil level switch on a LS1 pan? I put a F body pan on a LS2, and it did not come with a switch, and I can't see buying one since the LS2 does not use the switch and there is no connection for it to the PCM.
Regards, John McGraw
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I would leave the switch on if it had one. I am just trying to avoid buying one if I don't have to. I am guessing that it is a metric thread which will make it real hard to find. I would also presume that it is a straight thread and not a pipe thread since the original switch installs with an O-ring.
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Regards, John McGraw
I found a bolt at local nut n bolt shop but the thing was 3" long had to cut it down but they charge by the length and size so it was a $10 bolt.
Your best off getting it welded up if you a modifying your pan as the bolt will leak without thread tape and a fibre washer.
Your best off getting it welded up if you a modifying your pan as the bolt will leak without thread tape and a fibre washer.
There are two great sources... for plugs like this. O-ring or not. The first is Aero-Quip. Get a catalog or go to your local Aero-Quip parts house. Actually, they were bought out by Eaton Corp., so they are now called Eaton-AeroQuip. They are in the catalog. Second is McMasters-Carr (McMaster.com) . Get their catalog. You won't believe how extensive it is. Gar
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Check over at the LS2 and LS7 section. I asked over there as well and a gentelman named John Lawson found a source locally for them and picked me up one as well. He can tell you where he got them. I posted a couple of links there as well. He indicted it was a 20mm X 1.5 thread. I did not find one in either the Areoquip or Mcmaster-Carr catalog.
John McGraw
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Check over at the LS2 and LS7 section. I asked over there as well and a gentelman named John Lawson found a source locally for them and picked me up one as well. He can tell you where he got them. I posted a couple of links there as well. He indicted it was a 20mm X 1.5 thread. I did not find one in either the Areoquip or Mcmaster-Carr catalog.
Regards, John McGraw
Regards, John McGraw
the threads/bolt is a 20mm x 1.5, it will say that on the package, I picked mine up from a place called OReilly's out here and autozone could have ordered it... NAPA had it also... and may hardware stores
