<VV> Update -- low oil pressure

[J R Read_HML]

And to add to that - the regular Vair vendors have the correct wire.
Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank DuVal" <corvairduval at cox.net>
To: "Edelstein and Payne" <eandp at mindspring.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:00 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Update -- low oil pressure in a late model


> Another Ah Ha! There's the problem.
>
> The wire from the oil sender should not go under the turkey roaster. It is 
> probably pinched twice doing that. And air pressure from the blower would 
> tend to pick up the roaster to unpinch the wire...
>
> Remove the screws from the rear of the turkey roaster (two on oil cooler 
> cover, one by oil fill, two by distributor) and see if the wire will pull 
> out. If the wire goes under the turkey roaster by the oil sender, it 
> should come out of the roaster by the distributor. Two wires should go 
> through the grommet below the distributor to the heat switch. The wire was 
> probably caught when the turkey roaster was replaced long ago. It 
> shouldn't catch on anything under there and pulling it out should work.
>
> Frank DuVal
>