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• Re: Water temp increase after changing hoses, thermostat, and plastic parts
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 4 Oct 2015 12:37:02 -0400
  ...Based on two old OEM senders and a recent Bus Depot aftermarket sender, with 10.0 volt input to a gauge that closely matches...
• Re: Oil Leak solved .9 bar pressure switch sender R&R oil on hatch for the archives
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:59:08 -0500
  You can use a long sharp punch and hammer from below to loosen this sender, then remove by hand. Then put the new one...
• Re: 1986 Military Diesel Crew Cab Transporter Pickup
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:36:42 -0400
  ...Sounds suspiciously like a gasoline Vanagon sender or something. Have you tried asking for a sender for some other '86 diesel VW? Maybe a...
• Temp II sender 85GL
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:15:06 -0800
  morning, anyone in 85GL land have the part number for Temp II sender? also whats connected to the drivers side cylinder? thermo plug? thanks...
• Where to buy 0.25 bar oil pressure sender?
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:27:54 -0700
  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: Hall Senders
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 28 Nov 2013 14:25:15 -0800
  the critical part of the hall senders that I've noticed is the plug on the side... 1.9 wbxr takes one style, 2...
• Re: Dash Cluster Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - J. Andersen
  Fri, 25 Sep 1998 18:58:16 -0700
  You could always get the dual sender from a rabbit or jetta and try that. DrRufo SOCal-81 vanagon David Marshall wrote: > > I ran...
• Re: hall sender in the audi 4000 same as vanagon 83-85 237-011-050 ??
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:50:40 -0600
  ...DM&FS At 05:33 PM 11/15/2005, TC wrote: >I was just googling around for prices on a hall sender >http://www...
• Re: Gauge ID#s
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Jun 1995 23:24:22 -0500 (CDT)
  ...The # stamped on the sender (at the base on the hex-shaped "nut") is 30/23. There is only one other dual sender with...
• Re: VDO sump plug sender
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 11:20:24 -0500
  ...I reduced the outside diameter of the socket enough that it would fit into the recessed area around the sender. Mark McCulley ----Original Message...
• Re: Broken Oil Pressure gauge/sender?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:47:14 -0500
  ...I am pretty sure it's the sender unit that got fried. Not sure if I can find one locally, reckon I'll have...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Question
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sat, 7 Jun 1997 17:07:01 -0500 (CDT)
  ...For the needle to be in the "II" > position sender resistance equals 30 ohms. This is the hot region. The temperature sender I have...
• Re: Wonky temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 3 May 2015 23:06:54 -0400
  ...Once you have it working correctly with the sender plug open and jumpered, plug it into the sender. If it now blinks when it...
• Oil & cyl temp guage install
  Historical mailing list - Nicholas Wilson
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:31:37 -0700
  ...My questions are about locations for senders and guages. I've checked the list archives and not found the answers. The oil temp sender...
• Re: Hall sender
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 5 Jun 2021 13:16:23 -0500
  ...Hall sender > > Has anyone got a Hall Sender they might care to part with? Needs to fit a > 1991 2.1L stock Wasserboxer. Mine...
• VDO wiring help needed!
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:37:43 -0400
  Folks, Am installing a VDO oil pressure gauge and sender. Need help with the connections, and haven't been able to decipher the letter...
• Re: Oil pressure sender thread size?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 5 May 2007 16:01:56 -0400
  I bought an adapter so that I can screw my 1/8 27 NPT aftermarket sender (extension, actually) into it. The male thread on...
• Re: What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - david hardy
  Tue, 9 Apr 2013 12:41:16 -0600
  A break in one of the 3 wires that go to the Hall sender plug is really common - they get really dried out and...
• Re: Water tank level gauge on '91 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 23 May 2010 11:44:55 -0400
  ...Re the water LEDs -- unplug the sender at the tank, being *very* careful not to yank on the sender leads.* No harm doing this...
• Re: Pseudo-Vanagon Syndrome?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:22:34 -0700
  The hall sender is available seperately: '85 down: VW part #: 035 998 065 '86 up: VW part #: 052 998 065 If you have an...
• Re: 2.1 waterboxer oil temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:52:51 -0800
  ...going to add another coolant temp sender to the high oil pressure sender and toggle between senders at the dash. My 1.9 system...
• more oil temp
  Historical mailing list - e freeman
  Sat, 22 Jun 1996 09:54:48 -0400
  ...where is the best place to put a temp sensor that doesnt require case drilling or engine removal? why would a dipstick sender be...
• Re: Oil Leak solved .9 bar pressure switch sender R&R oil on hatch for the archives
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:32:36 -0500
  ...to sender w/ long nosed pliers, cleaned area w/ rag > > 4) put run of the mill 24mm deep socket (craftsman) on sender (figured out...
• Re: Fuel gauge sender ground location
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 10:32:16 -0800
  ...Both leads to the Sender exit the loom at this point. > Two wires run directly to the Sender, the ground wire loops into and...
• Coolant Temp Sender Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Ed Henckel
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 09:00:18 -0800
  Last August Joel Walker replied to someone and the list about how to remove and replace the temp sender. Thanks, Joel. But after pulling...
• Re: oil press. sender relocation
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 09:45:23 -0400
  ...One caveat is that with this setup the hose is not a perfect conductor so you need to ground the sender block. I grounded...
• Re: Cold start oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 11 May 2021 22:42:46 -0600
  IMHO, placing a Sender/Sensor, be it Pressure or Temp, @ the end of a Dead End Tube is a Very Bad Idea > In the...
• 87 Syncro GL gas tank sender
  Historical mailing list - Cochran
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 20:28:12 -0400
  ...I have made the assumption that the sender in the tank has probably gone bad. There are only about three possibilities here, the voltage...
• Re: I think I have given up on my cooling system...
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:14:56 -0400
  ...Especially when the VDO peeps couldn't even confirm which sender the van has it in! They sent me tables with 10 different sender...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 12 Aug 2018 21:11:56 -0700
  ...aaargh - I cleaned the contact surface of the sender and the thermostat housing with a wire brush on a Dremel but still no deal...
• Re: Cheap Electronic Oil Pressure Guage
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 18:43:23 -0500
  ...It would be best to put your sender on the tee at the original sender with whatever fittings are necessary. The best thread sealer...
• Digifant Hall Sender Question
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:04:56 EDT
  Vanagoneers, I have broken the plastic connector on the Hall Sender unit on my '87 Vanagon (don't ask how - I'll never admit...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 16:49:21 -0700
  ...Pics etc here > > https://shufti.blog/2012/07/05/vanagon-oil-pressure-sender-relocation/ > > Jeeze, been 5 years now, the set up works fine...
• Re: oil pressure test guage?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 31 Mar 2000 09:29:48 -0800
  ...I used a dual sender from VDO with an > extender hose since the dual sender is too fat to fit in the original sender...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light Flickering
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:24:28 -0500
  0.3 bar low pressure sender is the one. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia Feb 19, 2014 o godz. 18:22 Dave Mcneely...
• followup to post regarding oil pressure false alarms
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 19:47:20 MDT
  ...It must be remembered that the low and high pressure sender units operate in an opposite fashion: the low pressure sender OPENS when it...
• Re: Rounded off lug nut, HELP! - USE CHISSEL
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 19:59:05 +0100
  ...I had to replace the sender once, all the nuts were rounded by rust, It took 5 hours to get the dang sender out...
• Re: Fuel sender free - same deal in Fremont, CA
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 18:25:46 -0800
  ...Mike's is a better deal. -Damon Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> wrote:Volks, I have a fuel level sender to give away. When...
• Re: Fuel guage problems
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Nov 94 19:34:53 PST
  ...At one point, I thought that wiggling > >could be bad connectors on tank sender. or the tank sender is going bad. :( >there is a...
• digital gauge compatible with VDO oil temp sender
  Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
  Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:41:49 -0700
  ...Do you guys know a digital gauge which would be compatible with the VDO oil temp sender ? [...] Content analysis details: (-2.0 points, 5...
• Re: oil pressure warning system anomaly?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 06:50:03 -0500
  ...with the low-pressure sender jumpered (fault condition if engine running) the light nonetheless goes out when engine is started? I'm guessing you...
• Re: Fuel tank removal disappointment
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Fri, 5 Sep 2003 04:38:47 -0400
  ...Fuel pressure is good (at least normally, could not induce symptoms > while testing), new plug wires, cap, rotor, plugs ok, timing ok, hall > sender...
• Re: 79 Bus Fuel Gage Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 15:13:17 +0000
  ...I believe you have a fuel sender that opened in the middle. A new sender's resistance at full scale is much lower than...
• Re: No spark in the Digifant
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Aug 1997 19:41:16 -0400 (EDT)
  In a message dated 97-08-12 19:08:08 EDT, you write: << brings me to the Hall sender I tried testing it with...
• Re: Oil Relief Plug
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:28:14 -0700
  Bruce, I did this just a few weeks back, including the GW pressure relief plug with temp sender and moving the pressure sender. And...
• Re: TDC sender
  Historical mailing list - exit
  Fri, 02 Sep 94 00:10 CDT
  ...What's the TDC sender for? (or something like that) I had that selfsame question when I rebuilt my 2L. The sender was in...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light and Alarm after oil change
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 22:05:45 -0500
  ...http://www.benplace.com/oil_pressure_sender.htm I'm very happy with Penzoil! (Castrol is fine also) Regards, Ben
• Re: dead hall sender-where to get replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 16:33:35 -0500
  We sell these Hall Senders for $99. I would guarantee it to fit on your '85 Vanagon. Just give me a call or order...
• Re: Adding gauges to a Vanagon dashboard (guages and pods)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Jan 1999 20:30:22 EST
  ...Also have new VDO gauges and senders for sale. Oil pressure: Gauge $35 and sender that has the other plugin for the oil light...
• Re: VDO sump plug sender
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Birk
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 10:21:10 -0500
  ...So I had to dremel the block area where the drain plug resides, it was just big enough for the sender to fit but...
• VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 12:16:49 -0500
  ...Most places suggest you use the VDO-360009 sender and the sender hose extension adaptor VD0-150752. www.busdepot.com - indicates the exension adaptor...
• Power Steering Sender
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 11:55:29 EDT
  I just noticed what looks like a leak from the sender on the back of my power steering pump on my '91 Carat. What...
• Re: Where is Coolant Temperature Sender?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 20 Aug 97 14:02:26 CDT
  ...I've checked my Bentley but >can't find where on our '86 Syncro Westfalia the sender unit is located >. Would someone please help...
• Re: Fuel Level Sender: Get Stuck? Knock it Loose?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 4 May 2010 12:30:11 -0600
  ...Now my fuel gauge >> consistently reads properly. >> >> Can a sender get stuck, then UNstuck with a thump like that? Nothing >> else changed that I...
• Re: Water reservoir level sensor float? (87 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:10:44 -0700
  on 8/29/2001 11:44 AM, Malcolm Stebbins at MSTEBBIN@MSVU1.MSVU.CA wrote: > H2O tank senders solved great article, thanks malcom. but...
• Re: adding resister to center 1.9 coolant temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:32:05 -0400
  ...Place it in series with the sender and use it to dial in exactly where you want the needle. Now remove the pot and...
• Another VDO Gauge question: Oil Temp Sender doesn't fit in Drain hole?
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 09:36:11 -0700
  ...I ordered a 300 degree oil temp VDO gauge and sender from Bus Depot...my mechanic (installing it) just found out the sender won...
• Gauge sender question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Thu, 22 May 2008 05:11:15 -0700
  ...One of the things I desperately need to know is the resistance across the fuel level sender when the tank is 'full' and 'empty...
• Re: Fuel leaking from Sender Unit on Replacement Fuel Tank--CONCLUSION
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 19 Oct 2016 23:57:26 +0000
  ...Fuel leaking from Sender Unit on Replacement Fuel Tank I recently replaced the Fuel Tank and the Sender Unit on my 85 Vanagon; I...
• Re: Oil temp gauges, choices? Using water temp sender + gauge?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:02:53 -0400
  ...And I have seen that, >with mismatched sender and guage. mcneely I was talking about VW factory gauge installations from Jettas or whatever, but...