I was wondering if anyone could tell me where the oil pressure cut of switch was to the fuel pump is

BWEEZY69

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1990 CHEVROLET TRUCK
150,000 MILES

Hi I was wondering if anyone could tell me where the oil pressure cut of switch was to the fuel pump is I know where the oil pressure switch is for the gauge but I cant seem to find the other one soo if any of you can find a diagram or a picture or somethin it would greatly help I was told by a friend on left side of block but I jus cant seem to find thee damn thing engine is a 350 by the way

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ASEMASTER6371

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It is not a cut off switch. It is a bypass to the relay for extended cranking.

What is the issue?

Roy

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Saturday, October 13th, 2012 AT 3:10 AM

BWEEZY69

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I wanted to put an oil guage switch in there if it was possible but I cant find the hole or location guy I bought it from destroyed the location behind distribuator so I jus wanted to re locate one if it was at all possible let me kno thanks

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Saturday, October 13th, 2012 AT 3:16 AM

ASEMASTER6371

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There is a passage above the oil filter but it is not drilled to accept anything externally.

You may be better off trying to repair the hole in the back of the distributor.

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Saturday, October 13th, 2012 AT 3:25 AM

BWEEZY69

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Looks like theres a piece of hardened steal in there honestly my mechanic said not to worry but I jus thought id check into if theres any other way to mount a switch in different spot an is this the hole ur talking about I saw that but since it had no plug on it I jus figured it would be no good

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