Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:16:33 -0800
Reply-To: Brian Cochran <rangerbrian@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Brian Cochran <rangerbrian@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: oil pres woes....solved?!?! part 1
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Okay, sorry bout that.... Under the oil pressure, batt, signal, and high
beam light area, on my 84 westy, there is a 1.5" wide by 2" tall section of
black molded plastic where it looks as if the germans were thinking about
adding more warning lights by the molded pattern. I drilled that area out
and put it the gauge there. I'm going to write it all up tomorrow, if I get
around to it , in a "part 2" If you have an '86 or up.....I think..... the
clock is in this area. I really don't know, since i've only ever been in
two 84's
Brian
>From: "Horace K. Sawyer" <firestream@mindspring.com>
>To: "Brian Cochran" <rangerbrian@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: oil pres woes....solved?!?! part 1
>Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 13:46:11 -0500
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>I must confess, I really do not understand exactly where it is mounted.
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>At 10:04 AM 1/28/01 -0800, you wrote:
>>I send all my money on vw parts such as these gauges, so I haven't been
>>able to afford a digital camera yet. Otherwise, I would send pics of
>>everything....
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>>>From: "Horace K. Sawyer" <firestream@mindspring.com>
>>>To: Brian Cochran <rangerbrian@HOTMAIL.COM>
>>>Subject: Re: oil pres woes....solved?!?! part 1
>>>Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 22:31:32 -0500
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>>>How bout a pic of the gauge set up?
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>>>At 05:52 PM 1/27/01 -0800, you wrote:
>>>>Hello again everyone. I wrote in last week. I was freaking out about
>>>>the
>>>>oil pressure light Re: no light at cold idle, then flickering at stops
>>>>and
>>>>sometimes along the road........ then almost all the time......sound
>>>>familar?? I was convinced it was the bearings or at least something
>>>>major.
>>>> I spent most of my free time this past week seaching to buy another
>>>>vehicle. Thursday I had to drive the 35 miles or so to seattle to meet
>>>>a
>>>>friend. The damn van seemed to really treat me royally this week by
>>>>having
>>>>a few more things pile up to add to the very long fix-it list. (such as
>>>>I
>>>>actually saw a few drops of anti-freeze under it once this week---first
>>>>and
>>>>last experience thus far...)
>>>> SO as I'm driving, the light is flashing away as I'm going 65-75 down
>>>>I90.
>>>> I've been so stressed out I reached a breaking point and just
>>>>thought---HOPED---- a rod would explode through the engine block. I
>>>>change
>>>>lanes to the left and during the change, no light. Hmmm, must just be
>>>>the
>>>>oil sloshing around, I thought. The engine temp was fine--below the
>>>>light
>>>>in fact, and the engine sounded smooth. I got off on the madison exit,
>>>>came
>>>>to a stop and ..... no light!! Not even a flicker. I started thinking
>>>>electrical. C'mon, it had (has) to be. Through experimentation, I
>>>>found
>>>>right turn (at a mod. force)= light, left turns = no light!! Straight
>>>>light
>>>>status seemed to depend on how easy I came out of a left turn!!
>>>>
>>>>Yesterday the oil pres gauge arrived from the depot (I'm 95 bucks poorer
>>>>for
>>>>it.) I removed the engine tin to access the .3 bar sender and yanked
>>>>the
>>>>wire (only 8 months old). Well, of course, there was a small slice
>>>>"worn"(?) into it by the engine shroud I'm guessing. The grease coating
>>>>the
>>>>wire, I believe, is WHY the light didn't appear until the engine warmed
>>>>up!
>>>>
>>>>I have an 84 westy. I'm not finished with the install process yet
>>>>(hence
>>>>the part 1). But I successfully mounted the gauge in the dash, just
>>>>below
>>>>the warning lights. 86 and up folks have a clock there, I think? But
>>>>it
>>>>looks and fits great. I cut the hole a little small because the gauge's
>>>>retainer ring won't fit, so the friction holds the gauge securely in
>>>>place.
>>>>A file was very much needed to do this after cutting a 1" hole, keenly
>>>>measured for neatness.
>>>>
>>>>I mounted the sender, but more to come on that and the wiring.....
>>>>
>>>>Brian Cochran
>>>>84 westy (now just with leaky heads and rough AT)
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