Date:         Wed, 9 Oct 2002 10:59:18 -0400
Reply-To:     Laurence Smith <laurence@ALANASMITH.COM>
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From:         Laurence Smith <laurence@ALANASMITH.COM>
Subject:      Re: VDO Oil Pressure Gauges and BusBoys
Comments: To: Craig Oda's Personal email <craig@ODA-INC.NET>
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I bought my VDO dual gauge and extension hose from BusBoys and I had
no problems at all.

Laurence Smith
Hamilton, ON
90 Westy (fanumbos)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Craig Oda's Personal email
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 1:08 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: VDO Oil Pressure Gauges and BusBoys
>
>
> Hello,
> first, I want to thank the following people for giving me
> advice on my
> low oil pressure light problem, G.M. Bulley, William
> Greenamyer, Stan
> Wilder, Ben Huot, Andrew Fox, Leon Korkin.
>
> Well, I have mixed feelings of relief and anxiety knowing that many
> people have this problem, but I am especially concerned with my
> situation of having the light flash after about 10 minutes
> of driving
> on the freeway, then getting off.  It seems to come on
> especially when
> I press the gas or let it go, after the engine is warmed up.
>
> I was going to buy a VDO Oil Pressure Gauge and dual sender from
> BusDepot, but they didn't have the rubber extension tube in
> stock that
> I believe is necessary to connect the pressure sender to
> the pressure
> switch hole between cylinders 3 and 4.  So, I'm now thinking of
> ordering the gauge through bus-boys, but there is a warning
> about the
> service quality from bus-boys.  Does anyone have memories of bad
> experiences with bus-boys?
>
> Regards,
> Craig
>
> =====
>