Hey guys,

Here's some meat to chew on:

The fitting that my oil pressure sensor attaches to my block leaks. At first I thought it was not screwed in tightly enough, (I could see about 3 threads between the fitting and the block) so I decided to tighten it more. It was stubborn, but I got it a little tighter (now only about 1 thread showing). Still leaks.

Question is: should I tighten more? (afraid it will damage/break and be difficult to remove) or should I retap/sleeve the hole?


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My fuel gauge doesn't work. It actually works and gets power (I tested it) , but doesn't work normally. I put a ground wire from the sending unit to the body of the car--nothing. I replaced two screws thinking that might ground it better--nothing. I know this thing works, just can't get it to do so. ANy suggestions?


Next question:
When rounding a relatively tight corner at speed, my throttle kicks out momentarily. I let off the gas and by the time I accelerate again, the power is back. What's that all about?


Last question:
My throttle linkage sticks a little. I believe this is a different problem that the one mentioned above, however. It's just that, say I'm in 1st--I accelerate out of my drive and come to the stopsign about 100 yds from my house in a straight-away. I let off of the gas and the car jolts. I can see the linkage stick when I inspect it in the engine compartment. I have a Weber conversion from IPD that the previous owner had installed.
Question is--Should I rebuild my SU's, I still have the originals, or should I instal an improved linkage set-up, (I'm really fed up with the crappy one from IPD--no offense, I love IPD, but this linkage had got to go).


FOR ALL OF YOU FORUM WARRIORS AND VOLVO PROS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, THANKS A MILLION FOR ALL OF YOUR ADVICE AND THE TIME YOU SPEND HELPING US ALL TO KEEP RUNNING!!
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'66 1800S