Date:         Fri, 1 May 2015 15:13:53 -0400
Reply-To:     Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Electrical weirdness
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Hi all,

I took my '87 Westy in for inspection yesterday. I've been working on
getting it back together, slowly, after getting it painted. When I got
to the shop, about 3 miles from my house, the oil pressure light and
alarm turned on. They were going to reject the van because the high
beam light wasn't working. I had them change the oil and filter,
because it hadn't been done since all that dirty bodywork was done and
the oil light was no longer on. They took it for a test drive and the
alarm came back on, but the high beam light was then working, so it
passed inspection. They checked the oil pressure, which was fine, so
they're replacing the oil pressure sending unit.

I can't help but think that there might be an electrical issue
somewhere and that the problem is not actually the sending unit, but I
haven't heard back from them yet today. Do you all have any thoughts
on a connection between the high beam light failure, then non-failure,
and the oil pressure light/alarm?

Nervous in Va...
Marc Perdue