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Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:14 am

will-g wrote:

This one just closed on the auction site. i did not bid becouse it did not seem right, all the other period VDO tachs for VWs that have been posted are 6-8RPMS and this one is only 3 :?

That one is for a boat or an industrial engine. The oval tachs went to 5,000 rpm, like this one:

Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:19 am

farkengruven wrote: The oval tachs went to 5,000 rpm, like this one:

Then what are the 6,000 and 8,000 rpm tachs for?

Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:32 pm

The VDO brochure shown is from 1956. The brochure is for VW's only
I must say that I have not seen a 6,000 or 8,000 rpm tach with the rings on the face to match the speedo. I have seen them without the rings, but these are generic tachs, not specificly made for VW's. Does anyone have one?

Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:57 pm

good call on the rings. now i know what to look out for. i've just never seen one with them before as far as i recall

Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:48 am

I thought the rest of the 1956 VDO brochure deserves to be listed here:

Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:19 am

so i assume 80mm (3 1/8") is the correct size to fit in the oval dash grills? and out of curiosity, did all of those grills for gauges have the same size hole?

Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:27 am

HamburgerBrad wrote: so i assume 80mm (3 1/8") is the correct size to fit in the oval dash grills? and out of curiosity, did all of those grills for gauges have the same size hole?

If your talking about the accessory oval grill.........you are correct. 60mm is correct for the center hole of a MotoMeter panel though.

Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:50 am

What era is this for?

Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:22 pm

kai wrote: What era is this for?

i have the same ammeter NOS and it has 62 date stamp on it

Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:11 am

bathing ape wrote: could someone please put up instructions for wiring empi gauges gen3,i have the sender,cheers

http://www.amayesing.com/images/literature/empigaugewirediagramJB.jpg

Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:17 am

I recently almost made a collectors faux pas, I had purchased a couple of gauges and was about ready to sell the 140 lb empi white glove oil pressure gauge when I fortunately noticed that in my full set of white globe gauges the oil pressure was an 85 lb version. All my catalogs show the 140 type.

Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:18 am

three different logo'd speedwell oil temp gauges.

Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:19 pm

DaveM wrote: I recently almost made a collectors faux pas, I had purchased a couple of gauges and was about ready to sell the 140 lb empi white glove oil pressure gauge when I fortunately noticed that in my full set of white globe gauges the oil pressure was an 85 lb version. All my catalogs show the 140 type.

both versions are not rarer than the other
i have had both styles many times
I went on a HUGE Gauge collecting spree and have notice the differences
white globes, black globes even speedwell gauges have all different readings from Oil pressure to Oil temp. I have owned all styles

Oil Temp 280 degrees

oil temp 250degrees

Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:26 am

Now that my friends is a gauge collection 8)

Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:11 pm

kai wrote: farkengruven wrote: The oval tachs went to 5,000 rpm, like this one:

Then what are the 6,000 and 8,000 rpm tachs for?

so i just noticed that these two tachs are slightly different. anyone know why?

Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:00 pm

One is an RPM tach for the North American market and some Euro countries. The other is U/minx100 were for most European coutries. Metric/Imperial :?

Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:31 pm

i just got this and it's dated 11/56 what would it be worth in this shape??

Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:07 pm

I have a VDO tach that I know little about. I do not know what it is for or when it was made. What I do know is it is a 3 1/8" silver face with chrome ring. It goes to 8000 upm, redline at 6000. The numbers read one digit X 1000. What I find interesting about it is that it is a 6V tach. I will try and post pics as soon as I take them.

Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:35 pm

I know it is a bad pic, but it is the best i can do for now. http://mypics.mts.ca/share.do?invite=7ECr4bJI2P85Da8778To&slide=1

Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:21 am

Looks like it is from a BMW 1602 or 2002.