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1976 Eldorado part ID ?

573 views 11 replies 6 participants last post by  1979 Eldorado  
#1 ·
Does anyone know what this part is called, as well as what sensors I need for this 500 v8 engine?
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#2 ·
Welcome tot he forum!

The larger device is a vacuum actuated exhaust diverter. Possibly it's to allow the engine to come up to temperature faster.

The smallest single blade sensor is for one of your high temp warning lights and mounts probably in the intake near the thermostat housing. It will be a blind hole and the sensor is normally Aluminum.

One of the other "bulbed" sensors is for another high temp warning light. The other might be the ground delay for the HVAC blower motor.

The three prong is likely an oil sending unit.

Take your photo and add some numbers to it so people can just call them out by number..

Scott
 
#3 ·
What 79 eldo said "The smallest single blade sensor is for one of your high temp warning lights and mounts probably in the intake near the thermostat housing. It will be a blind hole and the sensor is normally Aluminum. " is true for the left drivers side head. But there is one in the right head , that looks the same, but is not. The one on the right is to keep the blower from going on ,until warm ,when heat is called for. But is bypassed for A/C and defrost.
 
#6 ·
Folks;
3 blade/prong oil pressure sensor?????
All of the Cadillac oil pressure sensors I've changed have 1 prong. What are the other 2 prongs for?
Does the 1976 Eldorado have an oil pressure dash gauge vs an idiot light?

King
 
#12 ·
For the warning lights, when I was searching, the option was NOS only but there seemed to be quite a few available. The trick was really knowing exactly the PN you need. There are even 2 sensors which look almost identical, but one has a coarse thread and the other has a fine thread. They are both Aluminum sensors which thread into blind holes. I only found 2 similar PNs but there could be more. If there are only 2 we could probably determine the PN by looking closer at the thread pitch. The photo above isn't clear enough for me to be certain. If the OE sensor still exists, and that wasn't a photo from a different car, possibly the OE sensor still works... Mine did and it clean-up nicely.