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• Re: fuel sender: replace with tank?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 22 Oct 2006 09:50:05 -0400
  ...When I dropped the tank to replace hoses and grommets I replaced the sender, too. The old one had worn slick where the wiper...
• Re: junk mail response (lengthy but not loooooooong) so please read members
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 14:52:04 -0700
  ...Date:2/17/01 Sender: 8J4J5EeSY@LYCOS.COM Subject: The TRUTH About Online Success! Date:2/17/01 Sender:mrbmms_00@WORKMAIL.COM Subject...
• Re: wiring for gauges
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:59:24 -0500
  ...These are VERY close to the metric sender. > It > will probably screw in, once. Damage to the block's threads may > occur. I > had...
• Is the VDO Oil Pressure Sender electric or mechanical?
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:16:02 -0800
  ...If I buy the VDO sender will I be running tubing or wire to the dash guage? Tubing is supplied with the discount store...
• Fuel sender
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 22 Oct 2006 09:42:30 -0700
  So far, anytime I had to change the sender unit, I let the back end of the tank down, with a flat bar accross...
• Re: dumb mechanic cant remember fuel sender orientation
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:11:24 -0400
  ...dumb mechanic cant remember fuel sender orientation I have been working on a lot of things under my 82 diesel westy. my dumb mechanic...
• cyl head temp gauge
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 1994 14:35:11 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Both the wiring instructions and the sender are missing. I called up the supplier and they will send both. My question: the long double...
• Re: Temp wire problems
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:08:14 -0400
  The temp signal sender for the gauge in the dash is a one wire setup with a simple female connector that slips over a...
• Re: Okay READ the subject bar...Hall Effect SPEEDO question.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 29 May 2008 17:24:39 -0400
  ...The "Hall Effect" sender that Vanagons have in their distributors wouldn't be suitable for a speedometer as it shows engine rpm not speed...
• Re: Installed VDO/PSI Gauge = oil light on at idle?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Mar 1997 08:41:01 PST
  ...Another item; the old sender is only a pressure SWITCH . The new sender is an anolg device with a continously varing output proportional (theoretically...
• Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 16:19:41 -0700
  ...Is 0.3 bar lower or higher than the trip point for the stock sender? On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 19:09 -0400...
• Re: Temp Gauge calibration with Subaru engine
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:29:55 -0700
  ...When installing a Subaru into a Vanagon, I now use the Subaru single wire (for dash) temp sender and the B10 scan tool http...
• Oil pressure light 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - vwelkers
  Thu, 12 Feb 2004 07:14:30 -0800
  ...0.9 bar sender measures open to chassis gnd when engine not running and under 60 ohms after starting engine. 0.3 bar sender...
• Re: Dizzy needed 91GL
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:17:27 -0500
  ...Seems just needs some TLC or a good Hall sender nit w/bracket. Reinstalled w.zip tie holding the bracket in and all clean...
• Re: oil filter for 2.1 l WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Grillo
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 08:13:19 -0500
  As for the light - my '85 did this until I replaced the oil sender (remember, pre-86 only has one, not two senders). It...
• Re: 87 Vanagon: installing VDO oil pressure and temperature
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 May 1996 17:08:25 -0400
  ...I believe the reason for this is that the sender requires metal-to-metal contact to provide a proper path to ground. Ryan
• Need VDO speedo info
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Tue, 5 May 1998 14:33:57 -0700
  I have an electronic adjustable VDO speedometer and a VDO sender for the beast, but I have no documentation. VDO part 437-151 for...
• Re: Power Antenna for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 11:48:25 -0400
  Thanks Ken --- I wonder if you have to grind down the end of the temp sender to get it into the antenna hole :-) Cheers...
• Re: Do I drain coolant B$ removing sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:51:21 -0400
  >Beyond that though, you can mostly diagnose the blinker without >removing the sender, as I'll describe in the next email. This assumes you...
• Re: Fuel gauge error, any fix?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:59:08 -0700
  Well, my sender jumps around from 35.5 to 90 at full when I wiggle the arm, and reads infinity at empty. I'm...
• Re: VDO sump plug sender
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 17:58:58 -0700
  ...The VDO sender I sell (# 323 888) is threaded correctly >for a type 1 engine, so it replaces the drain plug on that, but...
• conflicting cooling problem data...(this one is for the true experts...)
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:40:29 -0400
  ...van-cafe.com was nice enough to send me another sender unit although they doubted there was a failure in the sender. I replaced...
• Re: oil temp gauge
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jun 1996 13:47:46 -0700
  ...Anyway, both senders will give you useful information, if you know how to read it. One sender will get in your way every time...
• Oil Temp Guage for Waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 10:26:03 -0400
  ...Does anyone know a good place to put the VDO sender on a Waterboxer??? Does VDO make a sender that fits in the drain...
• Re: Syncro Fuel Sending Unit
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 13:45:09 EDT
  There's not a lot to remove in order to pull the sender.First,remove the emissions vapor canister and it's bracket,then...
• Re: Hall Sender Connector "Loose"
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:12:12 -0700
  ...you can drive the beast til the rest of the Hall Sender dies. If your elbow is still somewhat intact, I would remove it...
• Rebuilding a distributor.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 15:19:40 EST
  The Hall sender went bad on my '87 Westfalia. I ordered a new one and am attempting to install it. Driving the pin out...
• Re: hall sender in the audi 4000 same as vanagon 83-85 237-011-050 ??
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:26:59 EST
  ...writes: << I was just googling around for prices on a hall sender >> By far the cheap route is to replace the unadorned Hall sensor...
• Re: 2.1L Engine: Oil Pressure Senders faulty reading
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:36:17 -0500
  ...He said he replaced the senders because of some corrosion on my original senders, which for some reason were not replaced during the installation...
• Re: Power Steering Sender
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 20:22:17 -0600
  ...Power Steering Sender >I just noticed what looks like a leak from the sender on the back of my power >steering pump on my...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Dies when hot.
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:30:31 -0700
  Hey Chris, I would suspect some electrical issue around the TempII sender. Try checking the wiring to the Temp II sender.� This is the...
• Re: 86 Syncro Water Temp Gauge
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Wed, 1 Sep 1999 10:04:35 -0400
  Take the wire connector end where it attaches to the sender, and ground it to the engine block. If the gauge goes up, then...
• Re: temp gauge and fuel injection
  Historical mailing list - Stanley, Kerry
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:46:58 -0500
  ...Just replace the sender (on the thermostat housing as is the Temp II sender but this one has a single wire that just clips...
• Update! Re: Syncro Fuel Tank Level Sender should be available again soon!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:12:09 -0500
  Dear List, I got the new syncro fuel tank level senders in today and instead of being aftermarket like I thought they would be...
• 77 Engine Wiring Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Apr 1996 18:08:03 -0700
  ...Does this attach to the coil, or the oil pressure sender? If not the oil sender, which wire connects to the sender? 3.The...
• Re: Fuel Pressure Gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 19:32:48 -0500
  Several people said they just add a second oil pressure sender to the engine (on the fuel rack, of course) and wire it to...
• syncro fuel gauge issue fixed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 17:25:51 -0700
  last week I posted a question about where the syncro fuel level sender ground to chassis - friend's '91 van had fuel gauge reading...
• Anyone in Bend, Ore., got a spare Hall effect sender I can borrow?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 7 Aug 2012 06:42:12 -0700
  ...I'd like to pack a spare Hall effect sender to aid in troubleshooting a problem. Don't have time to order one or...
• Re: Where to buy 0.25 bar oil pressure sender?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:59:39 -0400
  > I've got the "oil light flicker at idle" problem and would > like to try the 0.25 bar pressure sender, but I can...
• Re: sender on power steering pump?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 21:59:51 EST
  In a message dated 4/1/04 9:35:54 PM, robyn.rudisill@COMCAST.NET writes: << what is the sender that's on my...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Sep 2017 04:46:24 +0000
  ...Pics etc here > > https://shufti.blog/2012/07/05/vanagon-oil-pressure-sender-relocation/ > > Jeeze, been 5 years now, the set up works fine...
• dead hall sender-where to get replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:25:54 -0800
  ...the tach is not pulsing while i crank it so im thinking hall sender failure, or i moved it just enough to where it...
• air cond compressor and water temp sender
  Historical mailing list - .
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 10:57:15
  ...VW says the water temp sender is the small one on the back (facing to front) of the themostat. Is that the right one...
• Oil pressure sender wire
  Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 21:31:54 -0800
  Hi List, While troubleshooting an oil pressure light that wouldn't go out, I found that the wire from the sender was grounding out...
• Re: [VANAGON] 1.9L running hot....ideas ? UPD ATE running a 70� t-s...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 05:26:39 -0800
  The gauge sender could be reading high. Replace it, they are dirt cheap. Same one used on millions of inline 4 cyl VW and...
• Oil pressure sender thread size?
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Fri, 4 May 2007 22:10:32 -0700
  Could anyone please tell me what the exact engine case threads that the oil pressure sender screws into. I would like to make a...
• Okay READ the subject bar...Hall Effect SPEEDO question.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Thu, 29 May 2008 14:04:28 -0700
  Hey everyone, I need to know how to get a signal for an electronic SPEEDOMETER from a Hall Effect sender. I don't see...
• Re: Coolant Temperature Gauges
  Historical mailing list - THOMAS CARRINGTON
  28 Apr 1995 14:29:14 GMT
  ...To continue the test, get into the dash and find where the sender wire goes into the gauge. Ground the sender post. If the...
• Re: Oil Temp Guage for Waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:45:17 -0700
  ...Does anyone know a >good place to put the VDO sender on a Waterboxer??? Does >VDO make a sender that fits in the drain...
• Re: Oil Pressure Sender Questions
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 15:11:57 -0800
  ...Oil Pressure Sender Questions > Finally got around to trying to pull out the oil pressure sender on my '85 > 1.9l. Damn, they got...
• Re: Gas gauge is not showing anything
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:18:52 -0400
  ...I needed new seals at the top of the tank so when I ordered them I got a new sender for the tank. Now...
• Re: Fuel Gauge Problem..
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 14 Jan 2001 23:48:09 -0500
  ...I'm wondering if it's >the sender, gauge, exciter, or what? Any suggestions? It's the sender. I don't know what the...
• Re: VDO Coolant Temp Gauge Sender...where to put???
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:45:49 -0700
  ...VDO Coolant Temp Gauge Sender...where to put??? > > > > > Hello All: > > I've asked this before...so please bear with me as I > didn't...
• Re: No compression
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:35:05 -0500
  On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Ben huot wrote: > This is the head temp gauge kit, come with the spark plug sender and the > long...
• Re: temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:08:03 -0800
  ...Actally it > read nothing 1 day so I replaced the sender, then it read high (3/4 or > higher). Tried 2 new senders. Still...
• Re: Fw: '87 ECU or ? correction
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 12:28:05 -0700
  ...Another thng the tach can spot is a bad Hall Sender (or just a bad elbow on the Hall Sender). If the tach drops...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 28 May 2015 16:22:03 -0400
  The proper sender is about the same price, and the fan switch has no direct relation to the radiator fan switch. Re: Biodiesel - many...
• Dizzy needed 91GL
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:03:54 -0500
  Anyone got a lead on a good OEM dizzy or nice upgrade? Checking my loss of power issues and found cracked Hall sender unit...
• ***** VW bus '77: engine trouble *****
  Historical mailing list - Ian Corner
  Thu, 30 May 1996 12:58:30 +0200
  This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------6DF2FAB6810 ========================================================================= Date: Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com> From: Subject: Hi all I had...
• Re: doughnut spare gas tank
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Aug 1994 21:22:25 -0400
  ...I made the mistake of keeping my '67 gas sender, so the guage read though the tank ran out at about ~ 12.5 gallons...