The temp sender is not nearly as large as the pressure sender. On my engine 
at least, it fits nicely in the circular recession for the drain plug. 
Nothing much hangs down below that. Plus the syncro has additional steel 
members protecting the bottom of the engine. I guess the connecting wire 
could catch something and get pulled off if you were driving in heavy brush 
or something.

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>From: 	SyncroHead@aol.com[SMTP:SyncroHead@aol.com]
Sent: 	Wednesday, May 29, 1996 1:31 PM

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Subject:      Re: 87 Vanagon: installing VDO oil pressure and temperature 

senders [long]

In a message dated 96-05-29 02:15:10 EDT, raven@halcyon.com (Mark McCulley)
writes:
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> No problem I thought, just drain the oil and screw the sender in place of
the drain >plug. The sender screwed in nicely by hand but.......
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Doesn't the sender hang down below the bottom of the engine making is
suseptible to getting scraped off?

Jim Davis
87 GL Syncro
88 GL Wolfsburg