Aux Gauge Install

[ed armstrong]

Cool. I'm hoping to do this upgrade to my 1988 80q and
was wondering if Audi in their foresight had prewired
the car. Hopefully my car is the same as yours.

But why didn't Audi put the guages in there stock??
Even my Coupe GT from 1985 had the guages and my 84
4000S. They really went cheap on this aspect with the
early Type89s.

I'm looking for the white faced VDO guages from a
Rabbit Cabriolet. I saw some at a junk yard a while
back but they weren't in good shape. They would look
neat in the Audi !!

 - ed



--- Alexander van Gerbig <Audi_80 at email.msn.com>
wrote:
>     I installed the three extra console gauges that
> came on fancier TYP89's.
> I took a look at the wiring and noticed it was
> rather simple, but I was
> still praying that the car would be pre-wired for
> these gauges.  Finally I
> was in luck with the car, the extra white 6 prong
> plug that floats around my
> stereo wiring was for the gauges.  I had to drill
> four small holes in the
> console to mount the gauges, but that is exactly
> what Audi does at the
> factory.  The only snafu was the missing piece that
> mounts to the dash above
> the gauges to cover that gap.  Hopefully Semple can
> snag me that piece to
> finish off the install.
>     As for operation.  The voltage meter runs right
> off that 6 prong plug,
> so that came to life perfectly.  The other two
> gauges, oil pressure and oil
> temp need to be wired up separately with a two prong
> black plug.  My car
> doesn't have these senders, but it will once the
> turbo goes in, and they can
> be added to any engine.  If the oil pressure gauge
> doesn't get a signal it
> pins itself above 5 bar, the temp gauge does
> nothing, but they all light up
> and look neat:)
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Alexander van Gerbig -- '88 80
> 
> The Audi  80 Pages-----------------
> http://surf.to/the80pages.com
> 
> North Ferrisburg, VT 05473
> 
> 


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