Date:         Thu, 3 Jan 2002 15:58:36 -0800
Reply-To:     Wayne Hagan <waynehagan@MAC.COM>
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From:         Wayne Hagan <waynehagan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: TiiCo Gauges... A nice discovery
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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