

| Subject: | Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . . |
| From: | Dave Mcneely |
| Date: | Fri, 8 Apr 2011 18:09:31 -0500 |
My setup is similar to that. mcneely
---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> the electric gauge and sender isn't a problem.
> I get a 0-100 psi VDO gauge ..
> cockpit series I think,
> from e-gagues.com.
> and I get the sender from them too.
> and a nice black pod for the guage sometimes too.
>
> it's where the sender goes that's an issue .
> I bought from tencentife ...
> I was installing one of his engines and oil coolers in a syncro ..
> a little pipe set up
> that has a fitting to scew into the block between the pusrod tubes where the
> stock oil press switch is located ..
> and then the pipe comes out and around forward ..
> then you screw a junction block, or T to the top of the pipe...
> that way you have the sender and keep the original oil pressure swtich both
> working.
>
> once I saw that pipe set up ..
> I just went to my FLAPS and got a brake line and fittings that was similar.
>
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Mcneely" <mcneely4@COX.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 1:57 PM
> Subject: Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
>
>
> > ---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >> ...I might as well look into rigging an oil pressure gauge. Anyone got a
> >> handy kit or anything?
> >
> > They are widely available. Check any of the vendors. Make sure the gauge
> > matches up with the sender. Some like to have an oil temperature gauge
> > with them.
> >
> > mcneely
> >
> >>
> >> 1.9L AT.
> >> --
> >> Rocky J Squirrel
> >> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> >> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> >> Bend, OR
> >> KG6RCR
> >
> > --
> > David McNeely
>
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