[Vwdiesel] [Vwpickups] gauge console

[dieseltdi at verizon.net]

Well the dremel is being used for many bits of fabrication but this  
simply can't be hacked at enough to make it fit!  ;^0
Hayden

On Apr 15, 2006, at 9:47 PM, Mark Bednarz wrote:

> Hayden,
>
> I'm surprised you aren't taking a dremel tool or hack-saw to your  
> cluster and custom fitting it in ;)
>
> -=Mark
> '81 Rabbit Sportruck
> '93 Passat GLX
>
> dieseltdi at verizon.net wrote:
> Well guys, I am elbows deep into my TDI conversion and I have found a
> need. I have converted to AC from no AC in my Pickup. Now I find
> the gauge cluster I have for the hump, will not fit around the AC
> housing. Anyone have one of the squatty gauge clusters from an AC
> car? I would gladly trade my non AC one for it. If not, does any
> one have one for sale? BTW pictures of the install of the cable
> shifter and the AC unit will be on the website by tomorrow night.
> Hayden
>
> " Those who are willing to sacrifice Liberty for Security, deserve
> neither Liberty nor Security." Ben Franklin
> "Dictatorships all have common factors: a government controlled by
> one party, a leader who claims to have special powers outside the law
> to keep the country "safe", secret prisons where people are locked up
> without charges or trial and government opponents are branded as
> unpatriotic and charged with aiding the enemy."
>
> Visit my website at: http://mysite.verizon.net/resosxp8/mydieselpages/
> Proud owner of:
> 2004 Passat TDI GLS, 2.0l, 8 valve, 134 HP, 247 lb/ft of torque
> (making 150 hp with Diesel Power Tuning Box), Blue Graphite,
> Anthracite leather interior, ABS, ESP.
> 1998 Jetta TDI (Wetterauer Chipset, 2 1/2" exhaust, K&N Filter, 140K
> + miles, and running biodiesel)
> 1981 Rabbit Pickup -Awaiting a TDI engine swap with a 96 Passat 1Z
> engine.
> And many, many, many VWs; from a 1946 Beetle (11 Beetles total), to
> Vans (5 - 3 splitties, 2 bay window), Rabbits (3), Karmen Ghia (1),
> Jettas (5), Passat (1), Dasher (1), New Beetle (1), and Rabbit
> Pickups (3) most now gone but not forgotten.
>
>
>
>
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" Those who are willing to sacrifice Liberty for Security, deserve  
neither Liberty nor Security."  Ben Franklin
"Dictatorships all have common factors:  a government controlled by  
one party, a leader who claims to have special powers outside the law  
to keep the country "safe", secret prisons where people are locked up  
without charges or trial and government opponents are branded as  
unpatriotic and charged with aiding the enemy."

Visit my website at:  http://mysite.verizon.net/resosxp8/mydieselpages/
Proud owner of:
2004 Passat TDI GLS, 2.0l, 8 valve, 134 HP, 247 lb/ft of torque  
(making 150 hp with Diesel Power Tuning Box), Blue Graphite,  
Anthracite leather interior, ABS, ESP.
1998 Jetta TDI (Wetterauer Chipset, 2 1/2" exhaust, K&N Filter,  140K 
+ miles, and running biodiesel)
1981 Rabbit Pickup -Awaiting a TDI engine swap with a 96 Passat 1Z  
engine.
And many, many, many VWs; from a 1946 Beetle (11 Beetles total), to  
Vans (5 - 3 splitties, 2 bay window), Rabbits (3), Karmen Ghia (1),  
Jettas (5), Passat (1), Dasher (1), New Beetle (1), and Rabbit  
Pickups (3) most now gone but not forgotten.