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• Re: adding resister to center 1.9 coolant temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 6 Jul 2010 18:44:15 -0700
  ...temp gauge sender.. - as you say, is a "temperature-dependent resistor." Fuel gauge is similar., but with moving parts . ... the sender supplies a variable...
• Re: VDO oil sender with untapered threads?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:39:29 -0500
  ...Thursday, December 08, 2011 6:52 PM >> Subject: [VANAGON] VDO oil sender with untapered threads? >> >> >> >> I ordered an M10 threaded VDO oil sender, and...
• Re: Cold start oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 11 May 2021 23:38:24 -0600
  They will work just fine as long as You Can Avoid getting an Air Bubble between the Sender & the Fluid ~ > On 11 May , 2021...
• Fuel gauge sender unit
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:06:14 -0800
  Hi all, I have a sender unit I need to check before I install. How to check? Anyone there who knows it? Zoltan [text...
• Re: VDO Oil Sender Setup
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 May 2012 14:13:38 -0700
  ...A T-connector provides connections to the dual-pole sender > and the factory .3 bar switch. The sender itself is mounted on the side...
• Re: Need Sender Advice (Step 1)
  Historical mailing list - shawn a. zenor
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 20:06:45 -0700
  ...Has anyone ever used the "Fuel to Air Ratio" gauges that use your oxygen >sender as the sender for the gauge? How do you...
• Re: 87 syncro water temperature sender
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:36:44 -0700
  It is a separate sender for the gauge. It is very small and threads into the lower metal half of the thermostat housing. It...
• Re: .5 Bar ? VDO oil pres Sender okay?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 06:17:41 EDT
  ...The contacts on the VDO sender are normally closed as are the 4.4 contacts. Oil pressure opens them i.e. lack of pressure...
• Re: removing the harness from Hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 8 Sep 2005 19:32:39 -0400
  Don, I have only had to do this twice in 8 years, once when replacing a damaged Hall sender to idle stabilizer cable and...
• Fwd: [WetWesties] Hall Sender Broken, Puget Sound Area
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 28 May 2011 07:30:01 -0700
  ...REPLY TO THE ORIGINAL SENDER, NOT ME. Anyone around Seattle have a spare dizzy for a 2.1L (or a Hall sender) to get...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 15 May 2012 19:54:52 -0700
  ...senders was) for oil temp sender. alistair I agree. I had oil press. and temp. gauges in my I4 westy and it was interesting...
• Re: Question about VDO oil pressure sender?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:16:05 -0700
  Hi Anthony, WK goes to the original oil pressure sender (0.3bar I believe), and G is the signal wire to the gauge. G...
• Hall sender part number
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:54:38 -0600
  ...A local mechanic told me it was probably the Hall sender unit and so he gave me a Hall sender unit that he said...
• Oil temp sender on 84 1.9l WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:00:28 -0700
  Anyone have any suggestions where to install an oil temp sender on this engine? Volkscafe says, "On the WBX (1986 and later), there are...
• Re: VDO sump plug sender
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 22:57:55 -0500
  ...They make a dipstick sender but it is not for a Vanagon. - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot.com (215) 234-VWVW
• Re: weird para-normal
  Historical mailing list - The corruptor
  Wed, 26 May 2004 01:29:38 -0400
  ...No, impossible! the light / main system is the problem, but to be sure, check each sender, take a compressor, aply light pressure with a...
• Re: Help needed troubleshooting VDO oil pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 00:35:09 -0400
  Have you made sure the VDO dual sender metal housing itself is grounded (to the engine if possible)? So you have... * on the VDO...
• Fuel Sender Question
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Heil
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:02:12 -0800
  I've read most posted archives on the fuel sender unit. My gauge just went to bottom on a trip this weekend and does...
• Re: VDO Guages not working
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 14:07:38 -0300
  ...To check the sender, put a meter on the "G" sender terminal. Set the meter to the lowest numerical resistance setting and read it...
• No gas? No gauge.
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 15 Jun 2005 20:59:41 -0400
  ...Especially in light of the fact that the sender unit was replaced 4 years ago... I checked and no the wires were still attached...
• Electric sender, oil pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 19:18:25 -0400
  Does anyone have photos of their oil pressure sender installation along with info as to what length of extension tube you used? I've...
• Re: Both temp light and gauge not working
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:02:19 +0000
  ...Trouble is open circuit in the gauge sender or the line from sender to the gauge. Since you have the old controller, pull the...
• Re: Fuel Guage sender replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Jan 1997 09:44:19 -0800
  ...Mine just has a little stub left on the sender -- I had to really work to get this apart, and broke both the plug...
• Correct placement of cylinder head temp sender
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 12:04:21 -0500
  ...The sender is screwed into the head by the number 3 cylinder and the wire that comes from it goes to the gauge up...
• Re: Where can this wire be found?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 27 May 2011 14:23:59 -0700
  ...Doesn't > >the 1.9 have a 0.3 to 0.5 bar switch? It's the 2.1 that has two > >senders, including...
• Re: Oil Press. Sender location
  Historical mailing list - Brian M. Miller
  Fri, 26 Apr 96 8:39:05 PDT
  Aaron Wood wrote, with respect to mounting an oil pressure sender on his engine, "....So on to plan B, I went to the harware...
• Re: fuel pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 21 Jan 2001 09:32:59 -0800
  ...One attached where the 0.3 bar oil sender normally lives > and one with a T into the fuel rail. The senders attach to...
• Re: Hysterical thermal gauge.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 10:56:39 -0400
  ...If it doesn't then look for a short in your sender wiring. To eliminate the level sender from consideration, unplug the control module...
• Re: gas tank; fixing Syncro tank sender
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:21:50 -0800
  ...gas tank; fixing Syncro tank sender > Mark, > > Several folks say you can do the Syncro fuel sender without removing the > tank, etc. if you...
• Re: Fuel sender removal (splittie)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 27 Apr 1996 15:23:13 -0400
  ...com (Thom Fitzpatrick) writes: > I have determined that the fuel gauge sender on my '64 is busted. I have a >> spare, but is it...
• Re: 87 syncro water temperature sender
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:44:48 -0400
  ...87 syncro water temperature sender > > > > > >dittos on Mark's description with one exception. The Temperature Sender > >to the Gauge has 2 wires (Yellow/Red...
• Fuel gauge sender on 60's split
  Historical mailing list - Jonny Miner
  Thu, 28 Mar 96 16:04:04 UT
  ...Lo and behold, was I surprised (not really) to find there was no wire heading from the sender to the gauge! There is just...
• running a little cool?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 18:42:36 -0400
  ...I've cleaned the wire, and used pliers to tighten its grasp on the sender. I've rulled out a lot. Maybe the sender...
• Re: Fwd: [WetWesties] Hall Sender Broken, Puget Sound Area
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 28 May 2011 09:10:29 -0700
  ...Fwd: [WetWesties] Hall Sender Broken, Puget Sound Area > Forwarding this from WetWesties. REPLY TO THE ORIGINAL SENDER, NOT ME. > Anyone around Seattle have a...
• Re: oil pressure sender thread size.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 22:59:47 -0500
  ...oil pressure sender thread size. Hello folks, To install my oil pressure guage, I need the little hose adapter that allows the sender to...
• Re: FS More VDO Gages with senders
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:54:54 -0800
  ...The Audi set comes with senders. > I also found two sets of senders. There are two sets of senders. > Also found the famous silver...
• Re: Fuel Guage sender replacement
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Fri, 3 Jan 1997 07:14:49 -0500 (EST)
  ...Has anyone had experience replacing the fuel guage sender > in a syncro Vanagon? > > Thanks, > > Charles > NO but I was able to repair mine. The...
• Re: new head, new temp sender?
  Historical mailing list - populuxe
  Mon, 19 May 2003 12:14:38 -0500
  ...18 year old temp sender, vanagon, water boxer, .......I'll just shut up. chris c ---------~-----------------------~-------------------------~ Had a brand new head installed professionally about two...
• Re: Correct placement of cylinder head temp sender
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 12:47:33 -0500
  ...Correct placement of cylinder head temp sender my 81 AIRCOOLED has a cylinder head temp gauge installed by the PO. The sender is screwed...
• Re: hall sender in the audi 4000 same as vanagon 83-85 237-011-050 ??
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:40:57 -0800
  can you also tell us if 1 230 500 221; the connector has 1 230 329 036 are also yet another compatible hall sender...
• Re: gas tank; fixing Syncro tank sender
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:50:23 -0500
  Mark, Several folks say you can do the Syncro fuel sender without removing the tank, etc. if you just go in by the left...
• Re: oil pressure sender thread size.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 22:58:59 -0500
  ...oil pressure sender thread size. Hello folks, To install my oil pressure guage, I need the little hose adapter that allows the sender to...
• Re: Broken Oil Pressure gauge/sender?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:45:03 -0500
  ...Got a new sender unit in(dual post) and it registers the specified resistance of 10ohms at atmospheric pressure, as I expected it to...
• re: oil temp sensor opinions ?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 23:10:40 -0700
  > I'm owndering what the common widom is on tempature senders. > Specifically dip stick senders vs. installing one in the oil plate > underneath the...
• Re: VDO sump plug sender
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 19:04:11 -0700
  The oil temp sender for the water cooled Vanagon with a 300-degree F electrical gauge is VDO part # 323 888 -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Liquid wrench and me made it back!!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Jul 1995 18:21:11 -0500 (CDT)
  ...And to add to it, I tore upthe sender ring on the spark plug, thus I and... >headtemp sender but they don't carry...
• Needed: name of supplier that sells oil sump plate with hole for sender
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 08:08:39 -0500
  ...sump plate with a pre-drilled hole for a oil temp sender. Who was it? I tried to have a local machine shop do...
• Re: VDO Coolant Gauge Sender on a 2.1L....Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 01:11:30 +0000
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P><BR> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>I have the sender on my van mounted to the thermostat housing, were...
• Re: oil press. sender relocation
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 01:53:13 -0400
  ...sender relocation Had a go at making my version of a relocation "manifold" for low/high and gauge oil pressure senders (for WB). An...
• Re: another spade terminal question - syncro temp gauge sender
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:34:03 -0700
  > Has anyone come up with a better way of making the wire to sender = > connection in this situation? A 2.5 Subaru conversion.... Richard
• Re: Fuel gauge or sender question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:40:00 -0700
  yes, you can ease the tank down and sneak in there on the left side , to change the sender. On 9/17/2013 11...
• Coolant temp gauge sender location - 90 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:44:38 -0400
  ...I have a new sender here in my parts box, but can't find where it goes. Bentley says red/yellow wire and a...
• Re: Fuel gauge problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 2 Apr 2010 23:03:09 -0400
  ...Poor connection at the panel plug or sender or other poor connection; or the sender itself might have a mechanical problem and is hanging...
• Re: Coolant level sensor problem
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 07:32:13 EST
  ...One your new coolant level sender could be defective too. The second is that you may have very small cracks around the hole where...
• Re: Oil gauge sender mounting questions for Air-Cooled engines
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:29:46 -0600
  ...There are sellers for modified ones ready to take a VDO sender for temp. for pressure the best location is that oil pressure sender...
• Re: Cold start oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 11 May 2021 22:11:02 -0700
  ...I mean the problem of having an oil pressure sender on a tube. I’m not being coy, I mean it. Purely mechanical oil...
• 2.1 Temp sender resistance values?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 9 Aug 2005 07:57:47 -0500
  ...It concerns a couple questions about the stock temp sender on the thermostat housing. 1. Are the resistance values the same for both temp...
• RE: 87 Vanagon: installing VDO oil pressure and temperature senders [long]
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 29 May 1996 07:57:44 -0700
  ...installing VDO oil pressure and temperature senders [long] > This past weekend I purchased VDO gauges and senders to monitor the > oil pressure and temperature...
• Re: Temp Warning Light Mystery
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 15:56:09 EDT
  ...The coolant short circuits the sender and makes the light go hay wire. Happened on my parents Jetta and replacing the sender solved the...
• Dash Cluster Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 09:22:32 -0400
  ...I guess it is the dual-sender warning system being confused by the single sender in the 84 model. Can anyone give me a...