Date:         Fri, 25 Sep 1998 18:58:16 -0700
Reply-To:     "J. Andersen" <janetda@CRIS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "J. Andersen" <janetda@CRIS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dash Cluster Upgrade
Comments: To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Comments: cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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You could always get the dual sender from a rabbit or jetta and try
that.

        DrRufo
        SOCal-81 vanagon

David Marshall wrote:
>
> I ran into this problem when I installed my Audi engine into my Double Cab.
>  The Audi engine only has the one pressure sender for when the oil pressure
> it too low.  The solution is to ground the yellow oil pressure wire as this
> is the "normal" state it is in.  It takes one level or security away but VW
> and Audi didn't seem to mind in their inline four models.
>
> At 09:22 9/14/98 -0400, Bill Knight wrote:
> >I just installed a complete dash cluster from a 1988 Vanagon into my
> >1984 Westy (Wolfsburg).  Everything hooked up perfectly and everything
> >worked, but a few seconds after I started the engine, the oil light
> >started flashing and a buzzer sounded.  I guess it is the dual-sender
> >warning system being confused by the single sender in the 84 model.
> >Can anyone give me a fix to fool the system and make it work properly
> >with only a single sender?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Bill Knight
> >Raleigh, NC
> >
> >
>
> -- David Marshall, Quesnel BC, mailto:david@volkswagen.org --
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