On Thu, 08 Jun 2000, Peter Cassidy laid this bit of wit and wisdom upon us: Actually, the low pressure switch is really easy to get to. You just need to take off the port side engine tin and it's between the pushrod tubes for #3 and #4 cylinders. A 23mm (if memory serves) deep-well socket will take it out. -Karl > There are two on your '87 Westy. One to the left of your > crankshaft pulley below the water pump. The second one is > on the eft side of the block, above the pushrod tubes. The > first one is the high pressure switch, the second is the > low pressure switch. It's really difficult to access either > of these .. 8-( -- Karl & Kristina Bloss - vanagon@makarov.com 1987 Westfalia Weekender "Bev" - 197K Miles http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw VW Shop List: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops |
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