Topic: Anybody who has changes a oil pressure sending unit on 82
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How did you get to the 9 1/26 nut inder the base.Would a claw foot that goes on your ractchet work.I know a few things things have to be moved out of the way first but that nut has me puzzled.
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An extended Crow's foot wrench should get it. A normal sized one may not get around the can of the sending unit. 
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Michael, did the crows foot on a ratchet extension work or did you have to use something else? I have to change the sending unit on my 82 and was dreading it because its so difficult to get to.
[QUOTE=c3thunder]Michael, did the crows foot on a ratchet extension work or did you have to use something else? I have to change the sending unit on my 82 and was dreading it because its so difficult to get to.[/QUOTE] Claw foot didn't work.Not enough reach.The do make them with a longer reach,I just didn't have one.My neighbor works on heavy equiment and had a wrench big enough to get around the body of the unit.It only took a little bit and the rest was screwed off by hand.Really not that hard.I took off three plug wires,took off the dist. cap and then it was easy.
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Thanks for your reply, Ill not waste my money on the crows foot.
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