Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:49:17 +0000
Reply-To: Hector Zapata <volkyless@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Hector Zapata <volkyless@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Another VDO Gauge question: Oil Temp Sender doesn't fit in
Drain hole?
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<DIV></DIV>From: The Bus Depot <VANAGON@BUSDEPOT.COM>
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<DIV></DIV>Subject: Re: Another VDO Gauge question: Oil Temp Sender doesn't fit in Drain hole?
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<DIV></DIV>Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 13:23:40 -0400
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<DIV></DIV>> From my earlier post and this one I guess you've
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<DIV></DIV>> figured out today is official "VDO Gauge Install Day"
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<DIV></DIV>> I ordered a 300 degree oil temp VDO gauge and sender
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<DIV></DIV>> from Bus Depot...my mechanic (installing it) just
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<DIV></DIV>> found out the sender won't fit in the oil drain plug.
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<DIV></DIV>> Called Bus Depot...guy at the counter says to
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<DIV></DIV>> tap&drill a new hole. Has anyone out there run into
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<DIV></DIV>> (got a solution to) this problem???
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<DIV></DIV>On an aircooled Vanagon, you must tap a new hole. On a wasserboxer, it is
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<DIV></DIV>possible to use the existing hole if you do minor modification, according to
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<DIV></DIV>this previous post to the Vanagon list:
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<DIV></DIV>> I purchased the sendor that Bus Depot sells for the type 1, this will
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<DIV></DIV>> thread into the WBX block but has a larger hex head size for the wrench..I
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<DIV></DIV>> believe it's 17mm instead of 13mm. So I had to dremel the block
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<DIV></DIV>> area where the drain plug resides, it was just big enough for the sender
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<DIV></DIV>> fit but no socket, dremel out some metal from the boss in a cicular
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<DIV></DIV>fashion and the
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<DIV></DIV>> socket now fits just right and I have a sender that works.
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<DIV></DIV>> ps...I always use the copper crush washer AND plumbers tape, it has always
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<DIV></DIV>- Ron Salmon
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<DIV>I modified the socket, not the block. No tape, yes copper washer. Do not overtighten.</DIV>
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<DIV> Hector </DIV>
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