Date:         Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:42:57 -0400
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From:         John <johnpatt@WARWICK.NET>
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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:38:41 -0400
From: John <johnpatt@warwick.net>
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To: "Tom L. Neal" <jneal@netcom.com>
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Tom L. Neal wrote:
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> > I have full digital gauges in my '86 Syncro and typically around town
>
> Hi, John.
> OK, I'll take the bait.  What is your design for "full digital gauges"?
> Sounds intriguing.
> Regards, Tom Neal '87 syncro
Hi Tom,

I'm using red digital Cyberdyne gauges from JCW that completely
"blackout" when not in use. I have meters reading Voltage, oil pressure,
oil temperature and coolant temperature. I have temp sensors on both
sides of the thermostat revealing the prevailing engine coolant
temperature and the available coolant temp coming from the radiator
using a single coolant gauge and a toggle switch. This is really
valuable when you want to know just how hot (thermally loaded)the entire
cooling system is.

Also I have a separate LED warning system connected to the charging
system D+, the 0.3 & 0.9 Bar oil presssure swts and the 95*C & 102*C
temperature swts. The LEDs provide a parallel, view of what's happening,
independent of the stock warning indicators OR my fancy digital gauges.

I believe that the waterboxer is a well designed, durable motor that
will last a long time. But many waterboxers are destroyed because
something small went wrong and the driver was unaware until it was too
late. "Too late" may only be a few minutes, so I have THREE independent
systems feeding information to the "pilot". I have installed a VW reman
exchange long block and I only intend to do that ONCE............

Regards,           JP
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