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Rodney Schultz
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Posted: Aug/05/2018 at 11:15pm |
Wiring in an AMC oil pressure sender/gauge into my Gremlin that didn’t come with one originally. I need a new 90 degree rubber pigtail connector. Seems the AMC sender has a #10 stud instead of the more commonly available #8 stud replacement connector.
Has anyone found a source for a #10 stud connector? I’d like to keep it original looking, so a ring terminal on the stud with a nut doesn’t work for me. Rodney |
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Roger Gazur
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Rodney Schultz
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That’s what I’m looking for for the original look, but when I read up on that one, the comments all mention the same problem. It too is too small for the #10 stud size.
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In wire/steel gauge size the higher the number the smaller the size. #10 is smaller then #8.
That JCPony listed at #8 should be too loose for a #10 connection. #8 connections for temperature/oil/lighter ... seem to be the common size across the major NA made vehicles of the era. A little confused.
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Rodney Schultz
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Thread (stud) size is not the same as wire gauge size.
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6PakBee
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At this point in time I'd be tempted to grind the 0.026" off the stud and make it into a #8.
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Roger Gazur
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Well stand corrected. Never seen an electrical gauge size completely opposite a wire gauge size.
Is this US only?
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bigbad69
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It's not an electrical gauge size, it's a machine screw size and it's not US only. Still quite common in Canada though we have officially adopted the metric standard.
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turbobuick1
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I think it will almost be impossible to find a 90 degree number 10 boot. I would personally use a ring terminal, apply heatshrink tubing over the crimped portion to prevent water intrusion into the wire, and coat the terminal with dielectric grease.
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billd
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There's not a whale of a lot of difference between a 10 and 8 stud - most of the originals, if that is made like the originals, could be either squeezes for smaller studs or expanded a tad for larger studs and the rubber would accommodate. A pair of long nosed needle nose pliers can be used to open up many connectors like that...... I can't say my methods would work on THAT connector, but I'm pretty picky on that sort of thing so I would bet I could find a way to make it not only look original, but be something that would work and last When I can't get original type replacements, what I do is salvage good connectors and ends from harnesses and use several inches of the wire with connector and solder it to the wire up inside the harness, use heat shrink, and then re-wrap it. Looks original because it IS original and the connection is hidden and protected in the harness. Only I know it's got a solder joint inside the harness. I've done that for over 4 decades when a correct or workable replacement isn't available or at hand. |
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