Re: [T2] Oil pressure sender, 914 oil temp sender plate and vacuum port

["Jake Raby" <rabysvw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use alot of the 914 oil sender plates....Rarely do they interfere badly
with the dipsstick...In my bus I  slowly rotate the dipstick until it slides
by the sender, and completely into its location...
Jake Raby
Raby's Aircooled Technology
http://www.aircooledtechnology.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nigel Anthony Skeet" <naskeet@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <dworkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <type2@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [T2] Oil pressure sender, 914 oil temp sender plate and vacuum
port


>
> From: Nigel A. Skeet, Great Britain
> To: H. Steven Dolan
> Date: 16th September 2001
> Reply to: naskeet@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Dear Steven.
>
> Thanks for your e-mail regarding the oil-temperature gauge sender unit
> thread size being M14 x 1.0mm and its part number.
>
> Which engine type (1972~79 VW 17/18/2000 Type 2 or 1980~83 VW 2000
Vanagon)
> have you installed it on and what modification if any, had to be made to
the
> oil dipstick, to prevent it fouling the sender?
>
> For the VW 411LE Variant engine, in my 1973 VW 1600 Type 2, I suspect that
> some shortening of the dipstick would be necessary. I too might be
> interested in obtaining one of these Porsche 914 engine plates, with
> oil-temperature sender fitting boss.
>
> However, I am currently waiting to see whether I can obtain from an
> acquaintance of mine in Great Britain, a 220V AC mains, oil sump heater,
> which replaces the standard plate.
>
> Looking at your pictures of the oil-pressure gauge-sender installation,
> without any spacer mast or adapters, I wondered how you screwed it into
the
> crankcase, suffiently tightly, to get a leak-free seal and prevent the
> sender unscrewing itself. Did you first have to remove the inlet manifold
> pipes and the large cover-plate, which covers cylinders 3 & 4?
>
> I tried out your method of installation, using some old junk cover plates,
> requiring an enlarged hole of >43mm diameter, but rejected this method in
> favour of the spacer mast and banjo fittings.
>
> The problems I identified, were those of sealing around the hole in the
> cover plate and the inconvenience of removing the inlet manifold and cover
> plate, in order to remove or replace the sender.
>
> Regards.
>          Nigel A. Skeet
>
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