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  • Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam...love the Spam---NOT!!
    Historical mailing list - Dave C.
    Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:37:34 -0500
    ...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: Oil pressure sender .15 / .25 (Warning week)
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Thu, 16 Dec 2004 21:49:34 -0700
    I have found the low pressure sender to be a failure point dating back to my bug days. Continued on into jetta and rabbits...
  • Re: Oil temperature sender
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Fri, 13 Jan 2017 19:26:27 -0700
    I suggest leaving the OEM senders alone & adding 1 of these ~ http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/oilfilter-sender-adapter-3-4unf-16.aspx http://prosportgauges...
  • Oil pressure sender .15 / .25 (Warning week)
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:18:53 -0500
    Hi again, second bus in 3 weeks with a low pressure sender failure... http://www.benplace.com/oil_pressure_sender_overview_location2.htm Very...
  • Re: Fuel Gauge Sender Question
    Historical mailing list - karl
    Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:28:37 -0400
    The senders are definitely different. Of course the Syncro one costs an arm and two legs from VW.......the last one I got was...
  • Temp sender appearance...
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
    Sun, 5 Aug 2001 16:16:18 -0700
    ...The TT Switch is blue, the Temp Sender is black/green. The temp sender they sold me is PN 251 919 501D The Thermo...
  • .5 Bar ? VDO oil pres Sender okay?
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Thu, 21 Oct 1999 21:11:08 -0700
    ...I got set up with a VDO DUAL CONTACT Oil Pressure Sender and VDO oil pressure gauge. On of the contacts on the dual...
  • Re: Oil Temp Sender and Gauge
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:55:55 -0700
    I think I might have an answer - I will try grounding the sender on the body of the sender - and not directly where the...
  • Oil temperature sender
    Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
    Fri, 13 Jan 2017 18:37:26 -0500
    ...I'm considering moving my oil temp sender from the oil drain to that location. Does anyone know of the sender p/n or...
  • Re: infos on installing an oil temp sender
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:32:56 -0600
    Most vendors have the sump plate senders. Just drill a hole in the plate and mount the sender exactly where Porsche mounts their Type...
  • Re: infos on installing an oil temp sender
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:30:11 -0600
    If you have an 81 air cooled, I wonder if the dipstick sender would work. I had on on my 79 bus and it...
  • Re: 2.1L Engine: Oil Pressure Senders faulty reading
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Sun, 12 Dec 2004 15:25:54 -0700
    ...One of them is the reversed senders. The other is two of the upper senders were used. Assuming the circuit was the same as...
  • Re: Coolant temp gauge sender location - 90 Syncro
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:56:45 -0700
    On a Syncro, the gauge temp sender is a small single wire type. Bentley shows the 2wd wiring with a 2 wire sender, not...
  • [Fwd: Sender Connectors' Wires]
    Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
    Wed, 2 Jun 2004 15:22:47 -0400
    ok, here is the question on the wires of the senders, ie.: Temp Sender II (blue) - it has 2 pins and the connector has...
  • VDO dual sender versus Tee fitting & two senders
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Sun, 6 Jan 2002 13:35:30 -0800
    ...Is there any reason to use a Tee and two senders instead of the dual sender? Another question regarding what I gleaned from the...
  • Re: Oil temperature sender
    Historical mailing list - Patrick Seurynck
    Sat, 14 Jan 2017 03:36:54 +0000
    I just recently took delivery of the Glowshift oil sender adapter along with their oil temp gauge and oil pressure gauge. I am excited...
  • Re: Fuel Tank Sender Replacement
    Historical mailing list - JOHN REYNOLDS
    Sun, 5 Aug 2001 22:53:48 +0000
    ...Finally, I lubed the both sides (inside and outside) on the tank where sender seats and the sender with liquid dish soap. Not only...
  • Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Wed, 12 Feb 2003 22:51:00 -0500
    On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, David Marshall wrote: > Why not use an electrical sender and gauge? These *are* electrical senders and gauges, but the...
  • Hall Sender
    Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
    Wed, 14 Nov 2001 11:26:10 -0700
    Does anyone know if it is possible to test the Hall Sender? I believe that the hall sender is part of the distributor and...
  • oil pressure gauge sender
    Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
    Fri, 7 Apr 2000 14:34:54 EDT
    I'm thinking of getting the VDO oil pressure gauge and dual sender. My question is, is the 12" extention tube that VDO offers...
  • Re: Oil temp gauges, choices? Using water temp sender + gauge?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:54:51 -0400
    ...I would expect sender and gauge typically to come from same mfr for best results, but mfr may have different lines of gauges/senders...
  • Re: how to attach VDO water temp?
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:28:23 -0600
    ...Couple examples of dual and single senders at the links. http://www.egauges.com/vdo_send.asp?Sender=100-240F_US http://www.egauges...
  • Re: .5 Bar ? VDO oil pres Sender okay?
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Fri, 22 Oct 1999 07:15:12 -0400
    ...so that sender is about 7 lb/sqr in. That's enough to turn off any idiot light in any engine. Eric 86-VW4x4...
  • Cylinder head temp
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sat, 29 Dec 2001 21:57:36 -0600
    TinkerMan)I already have a sender (originally for a fiat, has a hole to bolt to something). There is another thing that you need...
  • Re: infos on installing an oil temp sender
    Historical mailing list - jbange
    Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:31:05 -0800
    At 10:53 AM 1/28/2005, you wrote: >Any one of you have any advice on installing an oil temp sender. Where did...
  • RE: 87 Vanagon: installing VDO oil pressure and temperature senders [long]
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Wed, 29 May 1996 17:34:19 -0700
    The temp sender is not nearly as large as the pressure sender. On my engine at least, it fits nicely in the circular recession...
  • Re: Fuel gauge error, any fix?
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:54:29 -0500
    When I replaced the tank, I replaced the inaccurate sender as well. It was the sender that was faulty in my case, not the...
  • infos on installing an oil temp sender
    Historical mailing list - Yanik B�chard
    Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:53:53 -0500
    Any one of you have any advice on installing an oil temp sender. Where did you intalled it, what kind of sender did you...
  • Oil pressure sender & VDO gauge upgrade, anyone of you guy did the conversion?
    Historical mailing list - Ben
    Thu, 16 May 2002 15:53:08 -0400
    I am still (and some other member here) trying to add a VDO Oil gauge and electromechanic sender for my 87GL, many questions to...
  • Re: Oil temperature sender
    Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
    Sat, 14 Jan 2017 11:57:17 -0500
    What I'm looking for is the temperature sender that will fit where the current oil pressure switch adapter is. I've already moved...
  • Oil Temp Sender and Gauge
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:53:20 -0700
    ...When I run the motor with the sender jumped to ground and the sender wire attached to the gauge the gauge just stays on...
  • Re: Oil temperature sender
    Historical mailing list - C. Abney
    Sat, 14 Jan 2017 11:42:10 -0800
    I have heard the vdo temp senders are not accurate, and have just received an AutoMeter oil temp sender from egauges myself. I got...
  • Re: 87 Syncro GL gas tank sender
    Historical mailing list - Karl M.
    Sun, 3 Sep 2000 22:24:51 -0400
    The fuel gauge sender is located on the left, behind the tire and upper spring mount. The insulation doesn't cover it. You will...
  • Hall Senders
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Thu, 28 Nov 2013 15:58:28 -0600
    I will be dealing with a hall sender issue shortly - and after someone mentioned putting a Volvo hall sender in their WBX - it made...
  • Re: temp gauge not working right...
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Sun, 12 Aug 2018 08:45:41 -0700
    hi Jack, I did check continuity of the wiring from the sender to the gauge/cluster by doing this: - measure the voltage of the...
  • Re: Mounting VDO sender
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Tue, 3 Feb 2004 16:55:48 -0800
    ...Mounting VDO sender Hi: I have an 82 Diesel Vanagon and want to mount a VDO "Duel Sender" oil pressure sender. The question is...
  • FS More VDO Gages with senders
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:35:36 -0600
    ...The Audi set comes with senders. I also found two sets of senders. There are two sets of senders. Also found the famous silver...
  • VDO oil sender with untapered threads?
    Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
    Thu, 8 Dec 2011 18:52:39 -0500
    I ordered an M10 threaded VDO oil sender, and was a little disappointed to find that it has *tapered* M10 threads, unlike the VW...
  • Re: Oil Pressure = 0
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:26:40 -0800
    ...High pressure sender is squeezed in underneath the water pump. Low pressure sender is in the "traditional" VW boxer position, on the left side...
  • Re: Broken Oil Pressure gauge/sender?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:41:25 -0400
    ...I'm not sure >how to trouble shoot if it's sender or gauge. Ry, check the resistance of the disconnected sender. Also see...
  • temp sender position
    Historical mailing list - nick mcree
    Sat, 14 May 1994 16:42:25 -0500 (CDT)
    I just picked up an external temperature sender from bugpack. you know, one of those nine dollar jobs that attach to the #3 cyl...
  • Fuel gauge sender on 60s split
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 29 Mar 96 08:42 CST
    ...Fuel gauge sender on 60's split > My question is: There only appears to be one connection to > the sender. Should I disconnect the...
  • Re: 5 cyl. Audi, sender addition
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Sun, 13 Aug 2000 16:27:43 +0200
    > > All > > the Audi Motronic engines have their crank position sender on the > flywheel. > > The SA bellhousing doesn't have this provision. > > That�s right...
  • Syncro tank fuel sender
    Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
    Sun, 28 Oct 2001 08:04:00 -0500
    I need to replace the fuel sender on an '87 Syncro. Is it possible to replace the sender without dropping the tank? I need...
  • Temp sensor and Temp sender
    Historical mailing list - John Mahnken
    Sun, 12 Dec 1999 11:27:59 EST
    Hi Folks, Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the Temp sensor and the Temp sender on an 84 1.9 waterboxer...
  • Re: Oil Temp Sender and Gauge
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Thu, 24 Jun 2021 12:03:38 -0700
    Running a direct yellow wire from sender to the blue gauge wire at the cluster. Direct ground from engine to gauge wire (blk). Purple...
  • Re: Another VDO Gauge question: Oil Temp Sender doesn't fit in Drain Hole
    Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
    Sat, 14 Sep 2002 02:16:23 -0400
    The oil plug for the 2.1 L engine has M14x1.5 threads and VDO sells a 300 degree oil temperature sender (Model #: 323...
  • Re: Help needed troubleshooting VDO oil pressure gauge
    Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
    Fri, 16 Aug 2002 22:47:47 -0700
    On Friday, August 16, 2002, at 09:35 PM, Laurence Smith wrote: > Have you made sure the VDO dual sender metal housing itself is...
  • Update: permanent fuel pressure gauge
    Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
    Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:59:09 -0500
    Last week I proposed installing a VDO oil pressure sender in the fuel rail and hooking it up to my oil pressure gauge. Some...
  • Questions VDO gauge/late model oil senders
    Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
    Sun, 17 Oct 1999 09:39:50 EDT
    I've purchased a dual VDO sender for my '84GL and plan to use it along with the new late model instrument cluster(with...
  • Re: VDO oil sender with untapered threads?
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Fri, 9 Dec 2011 16:53:15 -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...
  • Mounting VDO sender
    Historical mailing list - Rex Merriweather
    Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:35:36 -0800
    ...I have an 82 Diesel Vanagon and want to mount a VDO "Duel Sender" oil pressure sender. The question is: Where is the best...
  • Re: Wiring/testing of VDO oil pressure gauge (dual sender)
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:30:13 -0400
    Use a multi-meter to test output at the sender. One pole is simply open/close, the other a variable resistance. You can also...
  • Re: anyone ever bypassed the 2.1L high oil pressure sender???
    Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
    Tue, 13 May 2003 22:57:41 -0400
    ...The high oil pressure sender is always grounded and it buzzes (and oil light flashes) when there is a problem. The low pressure sender...
  • Re: TEMP SENDER!
    Historical mailing list - gary hradek
    Wed, 3 Sep 2003 08:26:28 -0700
    ...The temp > sender was at > fault. Yes you are right about the two being > together on the thermostat > housing. One is for the computer...
  • Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Oil temp gauges, choices? Using water temp sender + gauge?
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:01:36 -0700
    ...The sender has the same part number marked on it as the one you linked to from TBD. With the sender in rapidly boiling...
  • testing Hall sender
    Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
    Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:12:50 -0500
    Hello Testing my Hall sender as per Bentley (28.43). "-connect voltage tester US 1115 to center and outer contacts of Hall sender connector...
  • Re: ? Is Hall Sender Available ?
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Fri, 1 Dec 2000 11:47:10 EST
    I tried to find a new Hall sender for an '86 2.1 L this morning. The usual suspects all could provide a distributor...
  • Fuel sender inacurate (theory)
    Historical mailing list - Ken Sid
    Sun, 26 Jun 2005 20:54:11 -0700
    So I finally got around to replacing the worn out fuel sender in my van as I was tired of the gauge not working...
  • Coolant Level Sender Leaking: was The little red light
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 3 Dec 1999 08:56:35 EST
    Here is what I have experienced on the leaking around the coolant level sender: 1. The expansion tanks get hairlined cracks around the sender...