Date:         Tue, 5 Oct 1999 21:00:27 -0400
Reply-To:     "Melissa E. Mourkas" <legacy@JAVANET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Melissa E. Mourkas" <legacy@JAVANET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon  oil pressure switches,or the lack thereof!!
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In response to:
> > Lance,
> > Look for a bare spot in the oil pressure lead insulation. Slight changes
> > in the position of the engine may allow the lead to short to ground
> > intermittently.
> > Larry

I agree with Larry.  On a previous Westy I owned back in '91, the oil light
came on intermittently during a trip through the Southern California desert.
After a few miles of shear panic, I stopped and talked to an old *Ferd*
repairman  and he said, " well, honey, ya might jes throw a rod".  I didn't
have the slightest idea what he was talking about, so I kept chattering away
as my passenger remained clueless and I put the petal down and headed for
LA.  We got back to LA and I later discovered the oil light was coming on
from a bare spot in the wire coming in contact with metal.  Simple problem,
simply solved.  Threw no rods.  Lots of others stories, but not that trip!

 Melissa Mourkas
 Haydenville, MA
 81 Westy 'Hildie'

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Larry Hamm <ldhamm@XMISSION.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 6:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Vanagon oil pressure switches,or the lack thereof!!