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Trevor P
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 Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject: Aftermarket Dehne fuel gauge |
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Has anyone bought one of these yet? Seems like a neat idea with the digital display behind it. Just wondering if they work well and are worth buying. Been waiting for a year to get one of Gary's nice repros but I'm to the point where I need it soon cause the car is getting near the paint stage.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=646627
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oval56
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any i can say is: i have bought it, and i got the shipping information...still waiting for it .... the pictures are really nice...
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RareAir
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Major Woody
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Some enterprising person is going to design a very small, flat face, digital combination readout for flat 4 VWs which shows RPMs, oil temp, oil pressure, cylinder head pressure, volts and amps and comes with senders. It would be self adhesive, thin, and require drilling only a single half inch hole or running the wires out the side.
Think how many of those you would sell. Make the display in China, it would cost very little.
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RennyRB
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Are you giving yourself foreshadowing praise, or making a request?
Hm.
Just messing with you, but a digital replica of the Motometer 3-in-1 gauge would be cool. Chrome bezel and all that, but digital needles.
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oval56
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It looks cool, but don't want to fake the funk!
If I had a custom restore, then I would get one. |
my 57 has an original one, my 56 gets the replika, the reason is only that the dehne sending units a a pice of sh***
the restorers do use often the vdo unit, but that is not correct and will not work propper ... the sending unit of original ones start leaking and the material is fragile..and crack really fast 
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Trevor P
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| oval56 wrote: |
| any i can say is: i have bought it, and i got the shipping information...still waiting for it .... the pictures are really nice... |
Keep us posted and let us know what your first impressions are once it shows up.
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cln60ragfk
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would definetly like to see it how it works. gary's are awesome but hes backed up on them.
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oval56
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Trevor P wrote: |
| oval56 wrote: |
| any i can say is: i have bought it, and i got the shipping information...still waiting for it .... the pictures are really nice... |
Keep us posted and let us know what your first impressions are once it shows up. |
so yesterday i got it
first, welle packed, all instructions detaild included, nice machine work, looks grate to me... a really good deal for this price...
BUT: i do have an original one also, and the use the same faces, but the replicka is in the dimensions a little bit bigger than the original ones ( 4mm more widht!) and also a different, original the chrom bezel holds teh face, and at the replicka, tha face is onl"layed" in into the machined housing.
all parts are 100% professional machined, i was really suprised
i will post some pictures the next days because i do modifiy the housing to get it closer in the dimensions to the original one  
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Trevor P
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Nice to hear. I ordered mine last week.
Personally I'm not too concerned if it's slightly out of dimension from the original ones since my car is Cal Look anyways. As long as it's well made and works, I'll be happy.
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Splitdog
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As an aside, an ammeter is the last thing you would want to run. You have to have the entire cars' power cable from the alternator up to the guage (as big as the battery cable, or bigger given it's length), and back again to the battery. ALL the cars' power has to go through this cable. Huge hassle, dangerous, and when you're done, it doesn't tell you much. Tells you if it's 'charging'. A voltmeter, on the other hand, tells you if it's charging, (it should read 14 v), and with the motor off it will tell battery condition (12v). Ease of hook-up requiring only a 20 guage wire tapped into the power to the ignition switch, to the guage, then grounded. A no-brainer in my opinion. Cheaper, too. 
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Trevor P
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| As an aside, an ammeter is the last thing you would want to run. You have to have the entire cars' power cable from the alternator up to the guage (as big as the battery cable, or bigger given it's length), and back again to the battery. ALL the cars' power has to go through this cable. Huge hassle, dangerous, and when you're done, it doesn't tell you much. Tells you if it's 'charging'. A voltmeter, on the other hand, tells you if it's charging, (it should read 14 v), and with the motor off it will tell battery condition (12v). Ease of hook-up requiring only a 20 guage wire tapped into the power to the ignition switch, to the guage, then grounded. A no-brainer in my opinion. Cheaper, too. |
We are talking about a fuel gauge not an ammeter. 
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Splitdog
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Look up a couple posts. Besides, I said it was an aside.
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Major Woody
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| As an aside, an ammeter is the last thing you would want to run. You have to have the entire cars' power cable from the alternator up to the guage (as big as the battery cable, or bigger given it's length), and back again to the battery. ALL the cars' power has to go through this cable. Huge hassle, dangerous, and when you're done, it doesn't tell you much. Tells you if it's 'charging'. A voltmeter, on the other hand, tells you if it's charging, (it should read 14 v), and with the motor off it will tell battery condition (12v). Ease of hook-up requiring only a 20 guage wire tapped into the power to the ignition switch, to the guage, then grounded. A no-brainer in my opinion. Cheaper, too. |
Thanks for mentioning this. I would agree that if all that work was necessary, it would be impractical.
I still think temps, volts and a tach would be nice as well as not so much work. |
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Yes, I do too.
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oval56
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so here are the pictures:
and after 2 hours spending on modifying the gauge to get it regarding the dimensions closer to the original, here is the result:
and a comparison picture to my original one
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johnshenry 
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| Splitdog wrote: |
| As an aside, an ammeter is the last thing you would want to run. You have to have the entire cars' power cable from the alternator up to the guage (as big as the battery cable, or bigger given it's length), and back again to the battery. ALL the cars' power has to go through this cable. Huge hassle, dangerous, and when you're done, it doesn't tell you much. Tells you if it's 'charging'. A voltmeter, on the other hand, tells you if it's charging, (it should read 14 v), and with the motor off it will tell battery condition (12v). Ease of hook-up requiring only a 20 guage wire tapped into the power to the ignition switch, to the guage, then grounded. A no-brainer in my opinion. Cheaper, too. |
Good point, but there are "hi tech" solutions where you slip a small coil over your battery cable, and it is a sender to an ammeter gauge. No need to run car power up front (I did that "back in the day" on my old '68, what a PIA!!)
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RennyRB
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so here are the pictures:
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That looks much better after it's been shaved down!
Good looking piece either way, but you should send them an email to make the housing smaller?
Good luck, hope it functions well.
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| Will that work with an aftermarket VDO sender. |
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