the Good Oil Filter kit

You must-a gotten me confused wid someone else.

Taking advantage of a light-pressure connection.

And at $19 American, it's a fine deal, too.

And the oil pressure sender -- what happens when pressure drops? Does that thing just bang on? Or does it also go through an area of flickering?

Would you like to SEE my bunghole?

I need TP for my bunghole! Bunggggggggghole... hhhehehehehehhhehehhehehehehehe

I am cornholio!

:P

Jan

My local parts dealer :)

Jan

DAMN That John, AGAIN!

LOL

(See why we trust him so? Name ONE vendor who even bothers to reply. I'd bet that most would be happy to sell you the standard kit even if you TOLD them it's for your bus. And they'd let you wrestle it and think you are stupid when it won't fit :D )

Jan

? That'äs just a normal sump plate. I was talking about one that would have a place for a temp sensor. Of course you could drill and tap the PLUG in the center to accept a sensor... lol.. it might even work.

Jan

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:21:46 -0700, "Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott" ran around screaming and yelling:

well aparently you do not have the equipment nor ability to weld a bung to your steel plate, so i thought you could take the easy way out...but now i really don't give a f*ck...figure it out yourself, you have a way of making the simplest "upgrades" and "repairs" into a long drawn out drama....i didn't even realize that the steel sump plates with drainplugs were that hard to come by...especially since i have probably five in my basement.... JT(who won't try to help squirrelbrain out again)

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 07:08:44 +0300, Jan Andersson ran around screaming and yelling:

I might be missing something here....does no one install the sensor in the drain hole? do you all "over-engineer" your cars?

Neat, did not know they were available. I think I've seen a home made adapter.

Jan

It's true, it's true -- I've said it all along: don't have welding rig, don't know how to weld, don't have the place to store one, would set fire to house if I tried. I wasn't how substituting an aluminum drain plate in place of the steel one helped me w/r/t that.

First time around they are pretty dramatic to me. Sorry about the long-drawn-out part: I'm wanting to think things through. This project, to me, is about understanding the vehicle and trying to pick up some of the knowhow that is second-hand to youse guys.

Second time around the drama will be gone and the work more routine. I won't need to ask questions -- unless I break something or find something truly strange. At that time I might even be able to offer some know-how to another newbie.

I never said a drain plate cover was hard to come by. Where did I say that? I could get one from Jbugs down the street. Coming up with the skill and equipment to weld a bung onto it was what I don't presently possess and offered to pay for.

Of course, you did just point out that Aircooled has a sump drain plug w/ a sender in it, so custom-work is not required.

Okay then -- don't.

I know. He's thoroughly annoying that way. Damn the man!

the passages in these are too small and severely restrict the flow of oil to the bearings. Not a good move.

John Aircooled.Net Inc.

Thanks for the info John. The pump I mentioned is a Schadek.

Jan

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 06:36:13 -0700, "Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott" ran around screaming and yelling:

the sender fits into the sump plate with a drain hole...simple, and easy...if your plate does not have a drain hole you can drill a hole and still use the sender as it comes with a nut....simple, easy, and fast... JT

Low oil pressure and high oil temp (which now register on the same light) are easily (to me at least) distinguished. The low pressure indication is smooth and has none of the vibrating characteristic of the Berg stick.

And, unless something has broken (like the pump), low pressure generally shows up at low RPMs. High temps (unless something bad has happened to the cooling system, like a broken belt) show up at sustained speed, like on the highway.

Max

Thanks for that, Max. GB dipstick arrived today (what CRAP service! I ordered it yesterday!!!! ;-) ) -- I'll slip it in tomorrow.

Couldn't be easier. Thanks for that, Joey.