CGT oil pressure sender stuff

[Ken]

The VDO combination sender/warning light switch is between $30-40 everywhere, while the warning light switches are cheap, at like $8-9 each.

My second train of thought is that if there is a problem with the "gauge" portion of the VDO sender being compatible with the Audi gauge, then it would still be cheaper to just put in an aftermarket VDO gauge at $30-40, plus the $30-40 VDO sender.  Compared to $80-100 for the OEM sender to run the OEM gauge.

I like Marc's response the best tho', that my warning light problem is one of the cheap switches.  I do wish I hadn't scraped up the expensive one as much as I did, before I understood how it is mounted. :-O

I would love a cross-reference like you describe.  Pretty soon we will "have" to have one, since so much stuff is getting NLA! :-(

Later,

Ken

Quoting steinbru at vnet.ibm.com:

> Ref:  Your note of Mon,  8 Jul 2002 13:27:14 -0700
>
> Hey Ken,
> I like your train of thought here!  What were the prices on the parts
> you listed??
>
> Completely off the subject, but in the same vein, there is a K-car
> alternator which exactly fits our cars (even has the same Bosch PN
> stamped on it) and is 30+ rebuilt vs 150 or so for the same one pulled
> from stock for the Audi application!  I lost the number....Duh.
>
> Then there's the one about swapping your old front mounting plate
> (left vs right) with the VW version (not as good, but still cheaper)
> before you return the "core" for deposit.....and on and on and on.
>
> Maybe someday there'll be a "cross-over" section on the web page
> (right after the archive search engine becomes intuitive -yeah!).
> --Gary
>