<VV> Oil Pressure Switch Improvement

[ricknorris at suddenlink.net]

I wish I could say I was smart enough to think of using that device but, I got mine from Warren LeVeque. I haven't the foggiest as to who may have originated the idea.
--
Rick Norris
#36 Sunoco Corvair
www.corvairalley.com 

---- jvhroberts at aol.com wrote: 
> 
>  Brilliant idea! So to speak... Washers have a switch like that to control water level. Set it to low, and this should work as well. 
> 
> >>Stealing someone else's bright idea and putting in my bag of tricks... But you get the credit!
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> John Roberts
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ricknorris at suddenlink.net
> To: 'Frank DuVal' <corvairduval at cox.net>; 'Virtual Vairs' <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; John Kepler <jekepler at amplex.net>
> Sent: Thu, Jan 7, 2010 7:40 am
> Subject: Re: <VV> Oil Pressure Switch Improvement
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> 
> Also I have a pressure switch from a clothes dryer connected to the top engine 
> shroud that in the event of a fan belt getting tossed will light up a bright 
> yellow light on the dash. I've seen this one a few times!
> --
> Rick Norris
> #36 Sunoco Corvair
> www.corvairalley.com 
> 
> ---- John Kepler <jekepler at amplex.net> wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> > On my race car I use an adjustable oil pressure switch. Came from Speedway
> > catalog I think. Anyway, I set it at 20 psi which means if my oil pressure
> > goes below 20 psi it will turn on a big bright red light on the dash that
> > gets my attention. It has lit when corneing hard at Roebling Road. It was
> > caused by low oil level.
> > 
> > 
> > One thing you could also mention Rick....is that this is a typical set-up in
> > MOST racing engines.  Without radio telemetry, a "busy driver" is a LOT
> > better with an "Idiot Light" he can't miss (or ignore!) than a gauge!  FWIW,
> > in our water-pumping Nissan's, we also had a pressure switch in the cooling
> > system with a separate "Idiot Light" (a blue one)...you can slag a motor
> > with a busted hose without ever getting any indication of over-heating from
> > the temp sensor!
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > 
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