FWIW my '88 1.8 Jetta has oil pressure senders on the cam and the oil filter and some circuitry involved translates it into "not your typical idiot light" but a "dynamic oil pressure warning system light" -Wayne > From: "Sean B." <vgonman@EARTHLINK.NET> > Reply-To: vgonman@EARTHLINK.NET > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 12:42:31 -0800 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: TiiCo Gauges... A nice discovery > > Gary, I just installed senders and gauges for oil temp and oil pressure > last week. I used VDO and was able to use their "standard" aftermarket > senders. Here's the big bonus... look at the oil filter mount on the TiiCo > motor. There is the place where the oil dummy light switch is screwed in, > and there are also two other allen head screws on that mount plate. Unscrew > them and you can screw the VDO senders right into them. The temp sender is > longer and goes in the hole closer to the firewall, and the pressure sender > goes in the other hole. My senders had tapered threads, so they wouldn't > screw in all the way, but the pitch is correct for the holes. Very nice! > > Sean B. > '90 V'gon, "Happy Bus", pseudo Wolfy > Torrance, CA > Join the TiiCo registry at > HTTP://www.vgonman.com |
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