My guess is it's because the originals went obsolete several years ago and,
for a long time, people with electric gauges whose senders failed had to
either run with no oil pressure gauge or convert to a mechanical gauge.
Then Moss realised there was a need for these senders - albeit a limited
need, as there were only a couple of years of MGB production that needed
them - so they spent big bucks arranging for this part to be reproduced. The
net result is that the electric senders are once again available, but the
cost has to reflect the investment made by Moss.
My hat's off to Moss for making them available again. After all, they are
not twisting anyone's arm to buy one.............
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
----- Original Message -----
From: John A. Walker <john@rmartin.net>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 1:36 PM
Subject: MGB electronic oil pressure sending unit
> My father-in-law has a 1968 BGT that he recently got FREE from friend who
> could not figure out how
> to get it to pass the Washington Stare emissions test.
> After a little tweaking, a new exhaust header and a new fuel tank, the BGT
> now runs perfectly.
> While working on her this last Saturday, the oil pressure gauge suddenly
> dropped to zero. (oops)
> After some tinkering we realized that the problem was that the oil
pressure
> sending unit was dying.
> No problem we thought, we'll just buy a new one. How much could they be
right?
> We consult our friendly Moss catalog and there they are for
> $130?!?!?!? for a sending unit?
> I replaced the same part on my '68 Mustang last year and I think it cost
me
> a grand total of $12.50
> Does anybody have any idea why an MG oil pressure sending unit would be
> worth $130?
> Is it just because they were only used for a couple of years and are
> therefore rare?
>
> At $130 we are probably going to end up swapping out the entire gauge for
> the later mechanical type.
>
> -JW
>
>
> John Walker
> john@rmartin.net
> drone@d23.com
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> ~= Early 1974 MGB =~
> ============
> In Progress :)
>
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