Date:         Fri, 2 Jan 2004 17:07:08 -0500
Reply-To:     Ken Lewis <kdlewis_wasting_time@ACCESS4LESS.NET>
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From:         Ken Lewis <kdlewis_wasting_time@ACCESS4LESS.NET>
Subject:      Re: oil light/buzzer comes on for no reason
Comments: To: Greg Stelz <gstelz2@YAHOO.COM>
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Greg,
If memorey serves me, the circuitry fot the buzzer is behind the speedometer
cluster. You would need to ground the input there.

Ken Lewis
86 Transporter Crew Cab
60 356 T-5 Porsche
http://neksiwel.20m.com/
Vanagon tech, pixs, O2 monitor gadget
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Stelz" <gstelz2@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 3:53 PM
Subject: oil light/buzzer comes on for no reason


> hello everyone,
>
> Here's the story.  I have a VDO oil pressure gauge
> I've been using for about a year now...works great.
> The factory high pressure oil switch is totally
> disconnected and the wire is grounded.  The low
> pressure switch is now part of the new VDO sending
> unit.  It has an 8 psi threshold.  This also works
> great.  If the oil pressure drops below 8 psi, the
> light will blink, but no buzzer.  Today, the buzzer
> and light started coming on when the engine revs to
> about 2500 RPM.  The gauge reads about 45 psi at this
> point.  Short of taking a 12 sledge hammer to the
> instrument cluster, how do I make it
> stop...permanently?
>
> Happy new year,
> Greg Stelz
> 86 vgon
> Delaware, Ohio
>
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