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Subject:Re: VDO Oil Pressure Gauges and BusBoys
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:09:05 -0500

So, I'm now thinking of ordering the gauge through bus-boys.
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Most of us are using an metric adapter for the block, a 10" rubber grease
gun extension hose, a T fitting and installing two senders. (Excuse me,
some of us are using the grease gun hose).

Stan

On Tue, 8 Oct 2002 22:08:07 -0700 Craig Oda's Personal email
<craig@ODA-INC.NET> writes:
> Hello,
> first, I want to thank the following people for giving me advice on
> my
> low oil pressure light problem, G.M. Bulley, William Greenamyer,
> Stan
> Wilder, Ben Huot, Andrew Fox, Leon Korkin.
>
> Well, I have mixed feelings of relief and anxiety knowing that many
> people have this problem, but I am especially concerned with my
> situation of having the light flash after about 10 minutes of
> driving
> on the freeway, then getting off.  It seems to come on especially
> when
> I press the gas or let it go, after the engine is warmed up.
>
> I was going to buy a VDO Oil Pressure Gauge and dual sender from
> BusDepot, but they didn't have the rubber extension tube in stock
> that
> I believe is necessary to connect the pressure sender to the
> pressure
> switch hole between cylinders 3 and 4.  So, I'm now thinking of
> ordering the gauge through bus-boys, but there is a warning about
> the
> service quality from bus-boys.  Does anyone have memories of bad
> experiences with bus-boys?
>
> Regards,
> Craig
>
> =====
>
>

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