Date:         Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:45:17 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon mailing list <Vanagon@Gerry.SDSC.EDU>
From:         Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil Temp Guage for Waterboxer
Comments: To: Bill Knight <bill@NS.ESC.STATE.NC.US>
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At 10:26 AM 9/29/97 -0400, Bill Knight wrote:
>considering an oil temperature guage.  Does anyone know a
>good place to put the VDO sender on a Waterboxer???  Does
>VDO make a sender that fits in the drain plug hole?  I can't
>see where else to put the sending unit, since there is no
>drain plate to drill into like on the air cooled motors.

Yes VDO makes a sender that fits in the oil drain plug hole.

VDO 323888 M14 x 1.5 thread (according to my invoice)

This is what I used on my 87 Vanagon. Real easy to install and I haven't had
any problems with leaks or anything. I did have a problem finding a socket
with a thin enough wall to fit in the recessed cavity where the plug sits. I
ended up manufacturing one by using a grinder to reduce the outside diameter
of a regular socket.

Mark McCulley
87 syncro Westfalia