Date:         Wed, 18 Apr 2001 17:31:20 -0000
Reply-To:     Mike Finkbiner <mike_l_f@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mike Finkbiner <mike_l_f@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Connecting Oil Pressure Gauge?
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Volks -

I'm having a new Boston Bob engine installed.  Several folks on the list
made good suggestions about useful things to do while that's being done.

I am thinking of putting in the connection for an oil pressure gauge now,
while the engine is on the bench so later, when I want to install it, I
don't have a headache getting at the spot where the sender sits under the
left side of the engine.

Ken Wilfey suggested using a piece of pipe and a T to connect the existing
sender, plugging the other end of the T, which could be used to add the
other sender later.

Now that I have actually seen the new engine, I don't quite see how that
will work.  The end of the pipe will still be in under the tin.

Any other suggestions for leaving an accessible place to install a sender
later?  Perhaps I should get a high pressure flex hose and a cap, and bring
that up on top of the engine?

I'm sort of running out of money, so I don't want to buy the sender now.
Besides, I'm still looking for the right gauge.  VDO is good, but I also
like the looks of the Dakota Digital rectangular gauge

- http://www.dakotadigital.com/products/home.htm

When I'm done I will post a complete materials list and labor hours it takes
to do the new engine.  Too much, I'm sure, but it will be nice when its
done!

Thanks!

- Mike Finkbiner
'87 Westy
Moscow, Idaho
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