Someone on the diesel vanagon group recently posted a link to a van-cafe
oil pressure kit that works mechanically. Installation seemed like it was
for a diesel, but no reason it couldn't be installed on any engine that
took a vw-sized sensor.

Jim

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Wiring looks ok now. I'll check again tomorrow when the sun comes out.
> Where can I get a good oil pressure gauge for my van it on that is
> electrically operated. Not too familiar with brand names. Hopefully I can
> find a kit that looks nice below the dash.Stewart Warner or VDO units?
>
>
> Dennis Jowell
> Scotch Hollow Farm
>
>
> > On Nov 10, 2014, at 12:07 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > The wire coming from the oil pressure switch by the pulleys should be a
> brown wire. It comes up and meets with another brown wire from the other
> oil switch at a 2 pin connector by the thermostat housing. It is common for
> there to be a bad connection inside that 2 pin connector. Open it up and
> look closely. The other side of the 2 pin connector should have a yellow
> wire and a blue/black wire. The brown wire from the oil switch in question
> MUST connect to the yellow wire. Sometimes the connector gets so damaged
> that someone cuts it out and splices the wires to each other. If that has
> happened then it is vital to make sure that the right wires got joined.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > Dennis Jowell wrote:
> >> I checked the connection which seems ok. My thought that the harness is
> so,old and brittle that a short happened or does happen so often? Feeling
> the wire by hand the area that rides close to,the engine in more brittle
> than the rest of the harness. Although the insulation is intact
> >>
> >> Dennis Jowell
> >> Scotch Hollow Farm
> >>
> >>
>