Date:         Mon, 18 Jun 2001 21:48:14 -0400
Reply-To:     Kenneth D Lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Kenneth D Lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: oil temperature sender.
Comments: To: maxjoyce@ipa.net
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Max;
        I will have a hole machined and tapped on this engine I am
putting together.
If  I ever find a set of std/std main bearings, that is.


Good Luck and Drive Safely
Ken Lewis
86 Crewcab,60 356
http://Neksiwel.20m.com/

On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 01:45:15 -0500 "Max Wellhouse" <maxjoyce@ipa.net>
writes:
> My VDO oil temp sending unit had a 10x1mm thread pitch and got the
> drain
> plug adapter from Bus Boys, but they claimed that was the last one
> in
> existence.  I wonder if there isn't a couple other temp senders
> with
> different thread sizes around for the VDO gauge. I walsn't crazy
> about using
> the bottom of the oil drain area as the sender stuck down a little
> and
> exposed both the wire and the sender to road debris damage.  If you
> saw how
> little torque from a 1/4" ratchet it took to snap the brass head off
> of the
> sender(while running the adapter into the block initially), you'd
> find
> another location also.
>
> DM&FS
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth D Lewis" <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 12:56 PM
> Subject: oil temperature sender.
>
>
> > How is everyone mounting the VDO remote oil temperate sender on
> WBX
> > engines? The threads look very similar to the drain hole but, of
> course,
> > it will not screw in. Suggestions?
> >
> >
> > Good Luck and Drive Safely
> > Ken Lewis
> > 86 Crewcab,60 356
> > http://Neksiwel.20m.com/
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