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Date:         Thu, 25 Oct 2001 05:12:52 -0400
Reply-To:     Gary Stearns <gstearns@OPTONLINE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Gary Stearns <gstearns@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject:      Re: guage choices.
Comments: To: earthboy@HOME.COM
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Don't go with amps! An ammeter requires that every electrical connection short of the starter has to go through the ammeter first. I had a '72 Toyota that the p/o had done this. Late at night it shorted; all 60 amps from the alternator created the best fireworks show I'd ever seen. Luckily she didn t burn up.

In 2 cars I have an outside temp guage. Certainly not critical but interesting to watch the changes, and...it's great a predicting frozen roads on those "gee is that just wet, or is it frozen?" nites.

Gary

-------Original Message-------

From: Greg Marshall Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 11:06:57 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: guage choices.

I'm about to undertake the process of installing a trio of guages in my 82 air cooled van. I'm putting in an oil temp and oil pressure guage, but I can't decide on the third guage. Volts? Amps? Cylinder head temp? What do you folks suggest? The other possibility is using the third space for a 2 1/16 vdo clock, and replacing my big dash clock with the tach out of a newer van. How difficult a process is installing a watercooled tach in my aircooled van? Do other air cooled folks think having a tach is worthwhile?

I would also be interested in seeing any pictures of peoples guage installations. tanks for your inpot bus people!

greg,

82 vanagon westfalia, newly de-rusted, touched up, re-exhausted, tuned up and cleaned out.


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