<VV> Reasons for a buzzer.

[Rick Norris]

How the heck couldya see it? Stop and run around to the back??
The Lone Haranguer

> When I was racing a Mini in England (1974) I used a round Lucas
> taillight for oil pressure warning ....
>
> Jim Houston
> '65 Monza coupe
>
> Sethracer at aol.com wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 9/29/2008 12:23:18 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>> airvair at earthlink.net writes:
>>
>> An  interesting trivia item to everyone on this subject, though not
>> applicable  to Dave's car. As far as I know, non-turbo Corsa's didn't 
>> have a
>> buzzer  installed, though the wires were  there.
>>
>> -Mark
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I agree, Mark - Of all of the 140 Corsas I have owned, none came with a
>> buzzer. I installed it on a few of them. Here is an additional reason for 
>> the
>> buzzer - and for maintaining your "Idiot" lights.  A friend bought a 
>> nice,  new
>> 1974 BMW 2002 (back in 1974). He ordered it with an optional VDO gage 
>> package.
>> Three beautiful gages in the middle of the dash. The gage pack replaced 
>> the
>> idiot lights, at least for the oil pressure. His wife was driving it once 
>> and
>> an oil cooler line came off. She was not watching the gage, no warning
>> light, and cooked the inside of the motor. That is in street  driving 
>> where you
>> should have plenty of time to watch the gages. Most racing  Corvairs I 
>> see,
>> these-days, have a huge light (A trailer taillight works well)  mounted 
>> in/on the
>> dash, hooked up to either the oil pressure sender (high  minimums 
>> suggested)
>> the cooling fan indicator (which can be pressure or  idler-position fed) 
>> or head
>> temp switches. Or to all three of them!  -  Seth
>>
>>
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