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Subject:Re: Oil pressure light
From:Dennis Jowell
Date:Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:56:05 -0500

I was hoping to find an electrical oil gauge to work off the existing vanagon pressure switches,
Either the high or low pressure switch

Dennis Jowell
Scotch Hollow Farm

> On Nov 10, 2014, at 2:52 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Jim
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>> 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?
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>> Dennis Jowell
>> Scotch Hollow Farm
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>> > On Nov 10, 2014, at 12:07 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
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>> > 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.
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>> > Mark
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>> > 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
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>> >> Dennis Jowell
>> >> Scotch Hollow Farm
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