Date:         Mon, 29 Aug 94 12:32:42 CDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "J. Walker" <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      Re: aftermarket gauges

On Mon, 29 Aug 94 11:04:15 CDT William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648 said:
>parts store(s).  Getting the VW oil pressure sender out of its den takes a
>big socket and/or patience.  Then you need to put a four-inch long pipe in its
>place to get up above the sheetmetal so you can put a tee on.  I would recom-

on the 80 vanagon, i was able to just put the dual sender down into the hole
in the sheet metal where the old sender had been. but i do recall that it was
a real pain. we had to heat-bend (with a torch) a cheap wrench to get it to
tighten.

>Where do people put the gauges in a Vanagon?  I've got the Porsche engine's
>gauges way over in front of the passenger, east of the lighter plug.  A two-
>inch tach fits in the unused center portion of the dash cluster, although it
>looks a LITTLE weird because it is too deep to fit flush.  Other ideas?

i had a little two-gauge holder that i mounted right over the ashtray hole
(since i never used the ashtray) and ran the wires up to the gauges through
there. kept it from moving around with velcro strips.

joel