<VV> Reasons for a buzzer.

[Jim Houston]

Guess I should have added "ON THE DASH" somewhere in the post, eh??

Jim Houston

Rick Norris wrote:
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> 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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