Oil sender location on 263 gas engine

bc · Nov 10, 2010

Hi, I've looked all over the 263 ci gas engine and I still can't find a place where I can run some copper line to for the sender location of an oil pressure guage. Somebody changed engines and cut the oil line to the guage under the dash. Other than a bolt or two, the block seems devoid of places to screw a copper fitting into. Parts catalog on caseih.com doesn't show a location. I have the dash open to rewire it and want to hook up the oil pressure guage too. Thanks.

Tater Head · Nov 10, 2010

left back side of the block just above the frame rail. there are a couple of places there to do it

Allan in NE · Nov 11, 2010

That pressure feed rail runs all along the left lower side of the engine.

Allan

Bob · Nov 11, 2010

Do your engine a favor and DON'T use a copper line (or a plastic line).

bc · Nov 11, 2010

Thanks. Mine don't quite look like Allen's (too shiny and set up different) but I'll take a look when I go over to work on it in a while. Got to beat the storm coming in and hay to move this weekend. So that is an oil feed rail that runs along the side of the engine where the oil filter bolts on. Seems like I saw an allen screw or bolt head along there somewhere. The oil filter mount has about 5 bolts in it but I don't want to pull one of those unless someone tells me too. Don't know if i'll get a water squirter or an oil gusher.

bc · Nov 11, 2010

Bob: What should I use? an electric sender? I'd probably ahve to buy a whole new setup.

I was going to use copper as I had a friend whose JD blew out the plastic line going down the highway a couple weeks ago. Blew oil all over his cab. At least it blew out where he could see it and not at the engine.

Bob · Nov 11, 2010

After all the leaks, fires, messes and foulups I've seen over the years from plastic or copper oil gauge lines failing, I only use steel line or an electric gauge.

Allan in NE · Nov 11, 2010

The picture is of a 301, but all those old binders are built 'bout the same way.

Any of the 1/8" plugs along that rail will give you engine oil pressure.

Allan

Janicholson · Nov 11, 2010

Steel line is common and not difficult to find or use. Just match it with the line you have. Bend it around a cylindrical form to get it neatly out of harms way, and use nylon ties to keep it from viabrating. Jim

bc · Nov 11, 2010

Thanks. I'm about to that point or else I'll put the steering wheel and throttle back on and do it later. I'll see what Oreillys or napa has for steel. If I end up using metal, I'd rather flare it than use compression fittings which are hit or miss for leaking. By the time I buy the fittings and stuff, might be just as easy to go electric but those senders aren't bullet proof either.

Owen Aaland · Nov 11, 2010

There are four 1/8 " plugs along that side of the engine but one is covered by the oil filter base. Any of the other three will work.

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