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Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:28:56 -0700
...if one took the engine temp gauge out of the cluster, connected >> it straight to the temp sending unit (sensor) and 12+, would this...
Re: fuel/oil sender hybrid?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 25 May 2003 22:25:55 -0700
...about any oil pressure sender that is made as a gauge sending unit. I'd say match it to the oil sender you are...
Re: fuel tank source
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:10:10 -0500
...Should I go ahead and put in >a new sending unit while I am at it, to forestall redoing work in >case the unit...
Re: Update: permanent fuel pressure gauge
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:55:44 -0600
...for another electrical gauge system that is compatible with gas. I wonder if the sending unit is compatible with diesel fuel? It's almost...
Re: fuel tank source
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:16:34 -0400
...Should I go ahead and put in a new sending > unit while I am at it, to forestall redoing work in case the unit...
Re: Update: permanent fuel pressure gauge
Historical mailing list - carboncow
Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:36:26 -0500
...for another electrical gauge system that is compatible with gas. I wonder if the sending unit is compatible with diesel fuel? It's almost...
For Sale: 1982 Westy
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Nowaczek
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:50:43 -0500
...repair/restoration to mechanical systems, including: - new fuel tank, fuel gauge sending unit, filler neck, and fuel pump - new brakes (pads,calipers,rotors,drums...
Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:36:44 -0700
...if one took the engine temp gauge out of the cluster, connected >> it straight to the temp sending unit (sensor) and 12+, would this...
I have lots of luck... and it is all BAD
Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
Sun, 26 Nov 2000 20:15:12 -0500
...fuel tank sending unit Need the above for a 1981 Vanagon- looking for good used, need it asap. Aloha- Shawn '81 std; '82 AdventureWagen...
Re: fuel tank source
Historical mailing list - Greg S
Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:10:27 -0400
...Should I go ahead and put in a new sending > unit while I am at it, to forestall redoing work in case the unit...
Re: VDO Fuel Pressure sender?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 7 Oct 2004 12:15:47 -0500
...I was being facetious about doubling up the vacuum gauge and the > voltmeter. there is no sending unit for the vacuum gauge(at least...
Re: fuel tank seals
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 4 Apr 2016 20:44:59 -0400
...I'm 100% sure that I didn't do the fuel sending unit correctly. :-) On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 1:52 PM, OlRivrRat...
Re: Fuel gauge sender ground location
Historical mailing list - neil N
Fri, 6 Mar 2009 20:28:52 -0800
...pages 97.203/97.209 "near fuel gauge sending > unit". Rather vague at best but, at least closer than for the previous years > of...
Re: Fuel Guage callibration
Historical mailing list - Ellen in Oregon
Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:39:43 -0700
...A new sending unit doesn't change the issue which is: with a full tank, the guage never reads full and I'm not...
Map pocket & Egg on my face
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Mon, 27 Jul 1998 21:39:48 -0400
I was out all day getting the fuel sending unit replaced and as I was driving home I reached for the glove box to...
Re: Custom VDO/Sunpro or other brand Guages for Oil Temp, Water Temp, Volt Meter
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Thu, 21 May 2009 16:27:54 -0400
...I've seen > new vacuum gauges for $30 and sometimes you can get sending units as > well, but having them new isn't a...
Re: Long, Big Rant about a Crappy VW Dealership -Chevron Gasoline
Historical mailing list - don spence
Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:57:32 -0700
...for a while, What ever was in Shell fuel ate away at fuel gauge sending units causing them to behave erratically as in bouncing...
Re: fuel sender: replace with tank?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:44:25 -0500
...s worth, my gas gauge accuracy was > terrible, so when I had the tank out I replaced the > sending unit. It made no difference...
Re: Driving Westy to South America!
Historical mailing list
Wed, 6 Mar 1996 15:58:24 -0500
...Problems/Questions we have: >>>1) Below half a tank our fuel gage doesn't work! (arrgh!) >> >>Replace the fuel gauge sending unit. The engine...
Re: oil temp or oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:16:39 -0400
...I also modified both gauges with a toggle switch for each one and added fuel pressure sending unit in the pressured side of the...
Re: Fuel/Temp Gauge Problem
Historical mailing list - mdrillock
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:13:23 -0700
...the gauge/clock porti > on-still the same damn problem. Most recently, just for "S&G's", I changed the temp sending unit, didn...
Re: I have lots of luck... and it is all BAD
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Sun, 26 Nov 2000 20:59:07 -0500
...fuel tank sending unit > > Need the above for a 1981 Vanagon- looking for good used, need it asap. > > Aloha- > Shawn > > '81 std; '82 AdventureWagen...
Re: fuel pump problem?
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:25:06 -0600
...a VDO oil pressure sender unit to the fuel line and use your VDO aftermarket oil pressure gauge you installed(everybody should have one...
Re: Gas tank capacity
Historical mailing list - Nicholas Wilson
Wed, 3 May 2000 12:37:27 -0700
...I know my gauge is unreliable, and I have a new gauge sending unit on order from Bus Depot, along with grommets and gaskets...
Re: Fuel Gauge inaccuracy
Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
Mon, 23 Jun 1997 23:51:13 -0400
...If they dent up the gas tank on the bottom on the driver's side, then the travel of the fuel guage sending unit...
Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
Historical mailing list - Ikard
Sun, 6 Jul 2008 08:20:06 -0700
...if one took the engine temp gauge out of the cluster, connected >> it straight to the temp sending unit (sensor) and 12+, would this...
Re: MY GAS GAUGE IS WORKING!
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:37:37 -0800
...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/search?keywords=fuel+gauge&x=0&y=0 It's nice to know how much gas you...
Fuel Pressure/Hot motor/Power Steering grease
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Wed, 8 Jun 2005 23:43:08 -0500
...My water temp gets to about 110 C and stabilizes there and has since I added the sending unit. When the overflow bottle was...
Re: MY GAS GAUGE IS WORKING!
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:56:33 -0600
...A few months ago, I bought a new sending > unit, went through the trouble of lowering (thankfully, I didn't drop the > tank all...
Re: fuel tank seals
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Mon, 4 Apr 2016 17:58:50 -0700
...I'm 100% sure that I didn't do the fuel sending unit correctly. :-) On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 1:52 PM, OlRivrRat...
Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 6 Jul 2008 09:53:57 -0700
...if one took the engine temp gauge out of the cluster, connected >>> it straight to the temp sending unit (sensor) and 12+, would this...
Re: Friday topic: what is your favorite low (or no) dollar modification?
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:32:44 -0500
...Fuel or Oil Pressure off the one gauge and either coolant or oil temp off the other. BTW, I had spare sending units for...
known Vanagon problems
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Fri, 27 Aug 2004 07:52:23 -0400
...locks up or completely free, hard to detect 5 - fuel sending unit: rusts out, wire breaks off, gauge dead Camper------ 1 - Fridge: Pilot light...
85 westfalia gas tank
Historical mailing list
Tue, 18 Feb 1997 10:14:55 -0800
...I had to remove the gas tank from my 85 westfalia to check the fuel gauge sending unit in the top of the tank...
Continued noisy fuel pump woes - '85 Westy
Historical mailing list - Curt Newsome
Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:46:34 -0700
...and cleaned and replaced the grommets and sending unit (which incidntally did NOT make my gas gauge any more accurate). I STILL have the...
FW: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:15:25 -0700
...the fuel pump, discard the plastic pre-filter in favor of the big metal cylindrical after-pump filter, and replace the sending unit and...
Re: 86 hot temp gauge---was '86 Westy cranking trouble
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:15:04 -0400
...I see in the Bentley on page 97.92 that the coolant temp sending unit wire arrives on the same D connector at the...
86 hot temp gauge---was '86 Westy cranking trouble
Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:14:25 -0500
...I see in the Bentley on page 97.92 that the coolant temp sending unit wire arrives on the same D connector at the...
Monster TO-DO List
Historical mailing list - Todd Greenwood
Wed, 27 Jun 2001 00:52:01 -0700
...drop the tank, fix the sending unit on the tank, and replace all the rubber/gaskets/fuel filter/fuel pump...anyone done this? Thanks...
Re: oil temp sensors
Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:25:08 -0800
...The VW sending unit location will give you a much lower than actual temp. reading. Using the "replacement ring under the sparkplug" sender that...
Re: fuel tank source
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:52:43 -0700
...Should I go ahead and put in a new > sending > > unit while I am at it, to forestall redoing work in case the unit...
Re: Friday's known Vanagon problems
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:36:42 -0500
...locks up or completely free, hard to detect > 5 - fuel sending unit: rusts out, wire breaks off, gauge dead > > Camper------ > > 1 - Fridge: Pilot light...
Re: 86 hot temp gauge---was '86 Westy cranking trouble
Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:38:10 -0500
...gauge on the dash so it is reading abnormally > high. > I see in the Bentley on page 97.92 that the coolant temp sending...
Re: Syncro Fuel tank question
Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:33:39 -0800
Hey TJ, The pump and sending unit are easily replaced with the tank in the van. The fuel and breather lines are a completely...
Re: Opinions-Well, It's Mine Now
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:47:52 -0700
...Deja vu-my last '84 did this very same thing, and it wasn't the resistor, the gauge, sending unit, etc. I never did...
Re: It's ALIVE!!!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:44:35 -0700
...But with the new > tank and sending unit and 12-13 gallons of fuel the needle reaches under > half? > > Velma 82 na diesel westy...
Re: Friday's corvette problems
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:45:40 -0400
...locks up or completely free, hard to detect >>5 - fuel sending unit: rusts out, wire breaks off, gauge dead >> >> Camper------ >> >>1 - Fridge: Pilot light...
Re: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
Historical mailing list - Joe T.
Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:48:35 -0600
...the fuel pump, discard the plastic pre-filter in favor of the big metal cylindrical after-pump filter, and replace the sending unit and...
Re: Strange Catastrophic Failure - Not
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:16:57 -0500
...the 10-20PSI fuel pressure for some months now(assuming the sending unit and wiring are still good(VDO gauge and sender) It started...
Re: known Vanagon problems
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:25:28 -0400
...locks up or completely free, hard to detect :::5 - fuel sending unit: rusts out, wire breaks off, gauge dead ::: ::: Camper------ ::: :::1 - Fridge: Pilot light...
Re: Driving Westy to South America!
Historical mailing list
Wed, 6 Mar 96 10:01:58 PST
...Problems/Questions we have: >1) Below half a tank our fuel gage doesn't work! (arrgh!) Replace the fuel gauge sending unit. The engine...
Seeking Advice
Historical mailing list - Robin Davies
Wed, 15 May 2002 13:00:30 -0500
...Fuel gauge sending unit doesn't work. A/C hasn't been recharged in forever and I'm sure the seals are shot, but...
Re: Fuel Pump Noise - now fuel tank also
Historical mailing list - Curt Newsome
Fri, 7 Jul 2006 13:02:48 -0700
...I assume that is more than the sending unit - is there some kind of a float or something iside that I also need to...
Re: Oil Temp Sender and Gauge
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 08:25:37 -0700
...The bad news is that the buyer paid postage will cost about the same as a new gauge when sending it to Ohio. Oh...
Re: known Vanagon problems
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Fri, 27 Aug 2004 06:58:04 -0700
...locks up or completely free, hard to detect > 5 - fuel sending unit: rusts out, wire breaks off, gauge dead > > Camper------ > > 1 - Fridge: Pilot light...
Re: Gauge too high ...
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:26:50 -0500
...bolts, which in turn grounds the threads of the temperature gauge sending unit. dan On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:53:11 -0800, Mike...
Re: It's ALIVE!!!
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:38:09 -0600
...But with the new > tank and sending unit and 12-13 gallons of fuel the needle reaches under > half? > > Velma 82 na diesel westy...
follow up/ Engine temp observatrions
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:26:49 -0500
...on the factory dash gauge is right at the top of the red idiot light. Oil temp(sending unit sticks up about an inch...
Re: Continued noisy fuel pump woes - '85 Westy
Historical mailing list - dooley
Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:43:42 -0400
...and cleaned and replaced the grommets and sending unit (which incidntally did NOT make my gas gauge any more accurate). I STILL have the...
Re: fuel pump noise
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Tue, 11 Jul 2006 23:39:51 EDT
...I already ordered the seal kit and and new sending unit (which I assume will fix my inaccurate gauge problem) and have been doing...