Hello again everyone.  I wrote in last week.  I was freaking out about the
oil pressure light Re:  no light at cold idle,  then flickering at stops and
sometimes along the road........   then almost all the time......sound
familar??  I was convinced  it was the bearings or at least something major.
  I spent most of my free time this past week seaching to buy another
vehicle.  Thursday I had to drive the 35 miles or so to seattle to meet a
friend.  The damn van seemed to really treat me royally this week by having
a few more things pile up to add to the very long fix-it list. (such as I
actually saw a few drops of anti-freeze under it once this week---first and
last experience thus far...)
  SO as I'm driving, the light is flashing away as I'm going 65-75 down I90.
  I've been so stressed out I reached a breaking point and just
thought---HOPED---- a rod would explode through the engine block.   I change
lanes to the left and during the change, no light.  Hmmm, must just be the
oil sloshing around, I thought.  The engine temp was fine--below the light
in fact, and the engine sounded smooth.  I got off on the madison exit, came
to a stop and ..... no light!!  Not even a flicker.   I started thinking
electrical.  C'mon, it had (has) to be.  Through experimentation, I found
right turn (at a mod. force)= light, left turns = no light!! Straight light
status seemed to depend on how easy I came out of a left turn!!

Yesterday the oil pres gauge arrived from the depot (I'm 95 bucks poorer for
it.)  I removed the engine tin to access the .3 bar sender and yanked the
wire (only 8 months old).  Well, of course, there was a small slice
"worn"(?) into it by the engine shroud I'm guessing.  The grease coating the
wire, I believe, is WHY the light didn't appear until the engine warmed up!

I have an 84 westy.  I'm not finished with the install process yet (hence
the part 1).  But I successfully mounted the gauge in the dash, just below
the warning lights.  86 and up folks have a clock there, I think?  But it
looks and fits great.  I cut the hole a little small because the gauge's
retainer ring won't fit, so the friction holds the gauge securely in place.
A file was very much needed to do this after cutting a 1" hole, keenly
measured for neatness.

I mounted the sender, but more to come on that and the wiring.....

Brian Cochran
84 westy (now just with leaky heads and rough AT)
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