[Vwdiesel] Instrumentation (diesel or otherwise)

[David Cook]

I figured you were making some new gauge pod or
something like that.  Sounds like you will have extra
fun finding the gauges you want that will fit in those
slots!

And I can't take credit for the pictures, that wasn't
my site.  Just passing along info.

David


--- Mark Shepherd <mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> Here's a pic of my standard (UK) issue diesel
> instrument cluster. (Note we
> don't need an upshift indicator) maybe we know how
> to use a shifter
> better... [as if...]
> Note the fuel and the water temp/oil pressure light
> gauges in the middle of
> the cluster. Big clock with no gauges standard on
> diesel and on early
> basic model gasser 'Quantae' . Luxury gassers gained
> rev counter with 2
> gauge slots allowing for digital clock and upshift/
> economy driving in the
> middle. By the mid 80's, the economy gauge
> disappeared and coolant moved
> out of rev counter leaving only fuel in the rev
> counter. The export issueof
> diesel rev counter never appeared here AFAIK.
> However I have one and it has
> the 2 slots for gauges like the afore-mentioned
> early gassers. I will be
> abandoning the digital clock option when I remove
> the analogue clock....
> Phew was that a little longwinded?
> By the way the rev counter you see in the
> 'foreground' is the one I found
> in a lorry. It was a six cylinder engine; but the
> alternator output must
> have coincided with our  TDs.crank-brush-pulley
> ratio. It is also a little
> short on the range with FSD reached at about 90mph.
> (I usually travel at
> about 70 on the highway anyway) Its normally near
> the shifter but I put it
> into the photo to a... to a... to a... Oh I dunno...
> to photograph it...
> 
>
http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/6341/mydieselinstrumentcluster6mo.jpg
> 
> Great drawings David... Strange thing is that some
> of my Quantae have heat
> out of the door vents and cold out of the middle and
> some have it the other
> way round!
> 
> Miser
> _______________________________________________
> Vwdiesel mailing list
> Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/vwdiesel
> 


David Cook
Red '86 Cabriolet Diesel Powered
Red '90 g60 Corrado 
Brown and White '78 Westy Campmobile "Bear"
and others in various states of disrepair
Pictures here: community.webshots.com/user/superdave5599


	
		
__________________________________ 
Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 
http://mail.yahoo.com