You can get around this simply by installing some spacers under the instrument pod. (Where it is attached to the dash with 4 screws. I have a small aftermarket steering wheel, and I can see (most) of the gauge. I simply installed spacers under the front two screws. Todd '88 Westy Myron Lind wrote: > conjunction with the higher Westy seat would diminish the sight > line to the > > guages. In fact I wonder if that smaller wheel was a factor > when VW > > redesigned the insturment cluster and moved the temp gauge to > the bottom of > > the tach where it couldn't be blocked by the smaller wheel? > > > > Just thinkin... > > Jeff > > 83.5 Westy > > LA,CA > > > Hi, Jeff. I had this problem (not being able to see the tops of > the gauges) in a 1985 ASI (?)(some place in Seattle) conversion. > Stay with the big wheel! > > Myron Lind > 81 Westy > 82 Diesel Westy waiting for TD |
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