Date:         Wed, 7 Mar 2018 07:24:38 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Oil Pressure Gauge Kit
Comments: To: Ryan Perry <rjdperry@gmail.com>
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> Thanks for the info.  Issue is not the light coming, it's seems it doesn't
> come on at startup sometimes for the check. That drives me crazy.


Don't let it drive you crazy -- fix it.  Pull the tin off that side so you
can reach the sender.  Next time the light doesn't come on, stop right
there.  Leave the key on and to check voltage at the sender.  If it's 12V,
you have a bad sender.  If it's 0V, you have a connection problem in the
wiring between there and the panel.  Often it's at the panel connector --
fold the connector open and very carefully tweak the springy contacts to
have a bit more spring.  Just a bit.  If no cure, use your voltmeter to
find where in the wiring the 12V changes to zero -- the transition point is
the location of the problem.

Yrs,
d