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Subject:Re: Oil Pressure Lamp?
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Thu, 10 May 2012 11:19:18 -0700

Thanks, Dennis.

After posting this, and receiving an "Oh c'mon, you have enough knowhow
to troubleshoot this," from David Beierl, then getting your commonsense
response, I realized that I wasn't so much asking for rudimentary
troubleshooting help but expressing my irritation that if it's not one
darn thing, it's another. Sheesh.

I know I can trust the oil pressure gauge, it responds normally. Just
have to unlimber the old multimeter and figure out what went wrong
/this/ time.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.

On 05/10/2012 10:55 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> Look for the shorted, pinch, or disconnected wire touching a ground point.
> Next check the switch.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Rocket J Squirrel
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 12:02 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Oil Pressure Lamp?
>
> So last weekend I pulled the dash and did R&R under there. Put it back in.
> Over the past two evenings my son and I pulled the radiator and put a new
> one in. We took the van for a test drive last night, no problems noted.
>
> Today I start the van, the oil pressure lamp does not go out, the
> tencentlife oil pressure gauge reads 60psi (very cold morning).
>
> My first reaction was puzzlement. Followed by "NOW what?"
>
> Ideas?
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> Bend, Ore.
> 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
> 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in San
> Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
>