[Vwdiesel] '84 TD oil pressure

[Roger Brown]

Libbybapa at wmconnect.com wrote:
> We swapped out the instrument cluster with another one in order to fix the 
> odometer.  Unfortunatelt the "new" speedometer registers 40 mph at 3500 rpm's in 
> second when the actual speed is 26.  After swapping out the cluster and 
> changing the oil is when the buzzer started doing its thing.  It may have been 
> caused by the cluster wiring.  It seems to have stopped its buzzing without any 
> cause correction of a problem.  It could also be a sticking sensor?  I need to 
> look at the Bentley specs for the pressures that the buzzer should go off.  The 
> OP is kinda low IMO but may not be causing the system to go off.  It may be 
> the wiring in the "new" cluster.
> 
> I was thinking that it would be a good idea if the pump has the smaller gears 
> to swap to the larger ones.  That would seem to postpone any low oil problems 
> for longer than my friend will probably run the car.  Are the pickup tubes 
> for jetta and quantum the same?  Are the shafts of the earlier TD pumps the same 
> as the shafts of the later ones?  I would like to make sure I get a pump that 
> will work.  I would also like to change the oil pressure control valve at the 
> same time if possible.

Easy enough to repair the old odometer:
	http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/CheapTricks/Odometer.shtml
Either by repairing the old gear or pulling the one off the new odometer.

-- 
    Roger