

| Subject: | VDO Oil pressure and temp gauges- |
| Date: | Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:21:29 PST |
Johnny said: >The oil pressure sender I >bought is the one with warning light provision. I assumed that this unit >would replace the stock oil pressure sender, but I am having trouble >installing this sender. I don't see how it is going to fit through the tin >on my '81. Has anyone else installed one of these units? What did you do? Do >I need a short 1/8th in NPT nipple? What size worked for you? I just finished installing both sending units on my 2.0. I was lucky enough to do this while the engine is on a stand which made it much easier, I opened the hole in the cooling tin up with a dremel tool and a little grinding wheel, although I think that you good use a round file or something similar. It now has about 1 mm of clearance around the sensor that I think I will seal with silicon. The temp sensor went into the sump plate also, it is a pretty tight fit and if you stray too far from the instructions you will have to drill a new one. Where are you placing the gauges? I used a mount under the dash on my old bus but it was out of the line of sight and I would like to have something a little higher. Clay
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