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Date:         Wed, 28 Feb 2001 20:58:58 -0800
Reply-To:     phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Where do you mount your gauges?
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A VW mechanic told me that having a really long VDO
type oil gauge line can get snagged on something,
break and leak out your oil. I wonder if this is going
overboard on probablity factor.


Phil 84' Westy




> I do have a VDO oil temp sender that screws in as an
> exact replacement for
> the drain plug.  To torque or remove, I did have to
> take a die grinder to a
> cheap socket and reduce the wall thickness of the
> socket.  Perhaps a high
> quality Snap-On or other thin wall deep socket would
> not require this.
>
> Joe Fahy


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