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

[H Steven Dolan <dworkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Al,

I think you are correct... the cooling air loss *is* considerable from the
oil pressure sender, but the fact remains, I have never seen a proper boot
installed.  The part is certainly available.  I am certain it can be
obtained from any of the vendors on the list (I got mine thru Bus Depot),
or any VW parts place.  I have seen one, heck, I have one that I ordered
for the '80 before I got into "tin carving" but it would take considerable
modification to get it over the size pipe I was sold as an extension to
raise the sender above the distributor.

Now if you want a *hard* cooling air gasket to find (at least in any
decent sort of shape...  Did you know that there is supposed to be a "D"
shaped gasket where the oil fill tube passes thru the tin on a Vanagon?
It is very "NLA" AFAIK and the examples I have seen in junkyards (one of
which is installed on my vanagon) are not exactly confidence-inspiring.
For whatever reason, VW did not use an oil-resistant compount on this
gasket that gets oil poured all over it by times :-( Between the heat and
the oil soakage, every example I have seen looks like a licorice
gummi-gasket.

                           Steve Dolan

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