[Vwdiesel] VDO temp senders (long rant)

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Phone the CEO of VDO at his home at 3:30 AM on a Sunday and tell him what
you think of his product!

I find trying to do anything metric in my neck of the woods is a pain in the
petushka.  I have been chasing M10 threads on the VW sender holes and
fittings with 1/8" tapered NPT taps and dies and have been able to use
commonly available Wetherhead brass T and other fittings sold at most
automotive jobbers.  Teflon thread tape a must.

Rob
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Wright" <swright at zuiko.sls.bc.ca>
To: <tDI-conversion at yahoogroups.com>; <diesel-Vanagon at yahoogroups.com>;
<vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 11:47 PM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] VDO temp senders (long rant)


> I'm still battling with my assortment of VDO senders, trying to get
something that
> works as it should. I'm really quite pissed that I spent good money on VDO
stuff
> expecting that it should fit like OEM, but it doesn't!
>
> I am trying to do the following:
>
> -oil pressure gauge off head, using VDO dual sender with warning light
contact (#360
> 006D). It says that it is M10x1 threads, but they are tapered, even though
there is a
> sealing surface for a crush washer just like the OEM sender. But with the
taper, I can
> only get maybe 2/3 way in with moderate force.
>
> -Then I want to use a VDO M10x1 brass T (#240-850) on the oil filter
flange so I can
> use stock high pressure switch along with a VDO 300F temp sender
(#310-012). But
> the temp sender is too long to fit in the T without bottoming out (even
though it is sold
> to work with this T fitting) , and this time the threads are straight
M10x1, so it must
> bottom out to seal. But when this happens, it will interferes with the
other sender on
> the T (the OEM one) which must also bottom out to seal! So I can space
each
> sender out with 3-4 copper washers, and hope it doesn't leak. And the make
matters
> worse, the male T threads are yet again tapered, so they won't fit nice
and flush as
> they should on the filter flange or head.
>
> Does VDO make a 250F oil temp gauge? If so, I could just use the stock
250F/125C
> coolant temp sender that fits nicely. I don't like the idea of fudging oil
senders that
> could later leak, and certainly didn't expect this kind of junk from VDO -
I thought they
> were supposed to be good.
>
> Sorry for the rant, but if I wanted fudged together gauge senders, I would
have just
> bought them from the local Chevy shop and saved a pile of money and
headache!
> So don't assume if you order all the "right" stuff from VDO, that it will
fit...
>
>
>
> Shawn Wright
> http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
> '85 Jetta D
> '88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
>  (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
> '82 Diesel Westy
>
>
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