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Subject:Re: 1988 Westy Water tank level,sensor
From:David Beierl
Date:Fri, 4 Dec 2015 06:29:02 -0500

At 03:44 PM 12/2/2015, Dennis Jowell wrote:
>Does anyone know the difference of the water tank level sensor that
>GOWESTY sells($110) and the one that Bus Depot sells ($70) ?
>Other than price,  both have the same part number #255070812.
>I still can't get my sensor to work correctly. The one I have only
>lasted since 2012 bought new from Bus Depot. Trying to figure out
>which one to buy.

Bus Depot is now the manufacturer of them.  They are very simple and
also mechanically delicate -- and a few drops of water inside will
make them stop working until theyr'e dried out completely.  Have you
definitely isolated the sender as the cause of the problem?

Yrs,
d

>1988 Westy GL
>Manual transmission
>208,000 miles
>
>Laters,
>Dennis
>Dennis Jowell
>Scotch Hollow Farm
>Newbury, Vermont