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phluke · Joined: 22 Oct 2018 Posts: 52 Location: Sussex

Having just got Deli back on road with a new head thought I'd put the new oil pressure switch on today. However on getting the old one out I couldn't get the new one (Era part no: 330009) to screw in more than a turn, barely catching.

When I search for the mitsubishi part no: MC840219 all the results seem to list Era part no: 330009 as an equivalent. I'm a bit stumped, don't want to risk forcing the switch round and it even looks ever so slightly thicker than the old one.

Anyone know of an alternative it could be or experienced the same? Couldn't see any obvious identifying numbers on the old one.

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Lewis · Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 16:05 Post subject:

If memory serves me right, what you have has a parallel thread, which is the equivalent of the Part Number MD005480.

It should be like this one, with a 1/8th Gas thread, with a tapered thread:-

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phluke · Joined: 22 Oct 2018 Posts: 52 Location: Sussex

I think i see

here's a pic of the two together, new on the left old on the right

so MC840219 is the correct part no. but i need the 1/8 GAS thread instead of the parallel thread, is that right?

Lewis · Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 17:50 Post subject:

They are both 1/8th gas thread.

What you need is a tapered thread.

Look at the ends of each item in your photos. Yours is much wider at the tip.
When you screw it into the housing it is like trying to push a tube inside a cone. Wink

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phluke · Joined: 22 Oct 2018 Posts: 52 Location: Sussex

Ah so I need to be looking for part no. MD005480 instead 1/8 Gas thread but tapered.

Lewis · Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 18:09 Post subject:

No. That is the Mitsubishi part number for the compatible item that you have bought already, as I stated in my first post above.

You need the item that is in the photo I put on that post. I.E. MC840219.

See this:- eBay item

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phluke · Joined: 22 Oct 2018 Posts: 52 Location: Sussex

Sorry Lewis I'll get there in the end!

Got the old one through Euro CP after putting my reg in, so assumed it would be the one, there's me learnt.

Thanks for the help

Lewis · Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 19:31 Post subject:

Not your fault that suppliers don't know the difference.

There's a few that have got the wrong item listed with the wrong number. To be fair they don't know the engines, so rely on their suppliers getting it right.

Just as an afterthought though - Check yours isn't fitted with an adapter between the Banjo bolt and the sensor, as it may allow the parallel thread to fit directly in when removed.
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phluke · Joined: 22 Oct 2018 Posts: 52 Location: Sussex

I'll investigate further this week, it looks just like the pic in the thread 'oil pressure sensor advice' so nothing obviously unusual about it on first glance. For the sake of a few quid I'll probably order another from a different supplier and see how it compares.