> I noticed that you also run with a dual thermometer as I do. I got the idea from listmember Larry Johnson. He has multiple thermometers, including one where the "external" sensor is inside the fridge. :-) > I mounted the external sensor by > running the wire under the front edge of the dash untol it got close to the > windshield. From that point it goes under the edge of the seal until it > reaches the top corner of the windshield, where it passes out of the door > opening. I put the sensor on the front of the dripedge and found that > eletrician's putty holds in nicely in place and keeps it from beating itself > to death. I ran the external probe wire under my dashcover, then up the driver's side windshield pillar with some of those sticky-backed wire routers (Radio Shack), out the door and then up into the luggage rack. I know the temps are skewed when the sun is out and the van is sitting (greenhouse effect), but since it's white, it's not too bad. I'm thinking of relocating the display unit up onto my overhead shelf (made from the removed A/C duct...pictures on Bev's web page) since the sun seems to really skew the internal readings. BTW, before anyone asks (and they always do :-), I got the Mr. Bubblehead bud vase from Vanagain. It's a RMMW vase but I like to give the small guy the business. The gauge on the dash is the VDO oil pressure gauge recently discussed again on the list with the signal coming from a VDO dual sender mounted with a flexible hose into the low-pressure sender hole between #3 and #4 pushrod tubes. -Karl -- Karl & Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA - '87 Weekender "Bev" - 198K Miles http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw - vanagon@makarov.com VW Shop List: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops PA/NJ/DE/MD area VW bus "group" http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/pavanagon Red Hat LINUX 6.2 - for IQs higher than 98 |
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