Gauges - Post Pics!

[AndyBees]

[hdenter]

Thanks Andy! Any particular reason you why you ran a line up from the engine compartment and didn't just tap in at the radiator or the heater supply pipes under the dash? I would imagine that the pressure should be fairly consistent throughout the system. Or did you know ahead of time that the water pump would show that effect at the expansion tank?

Hans
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'84 sunroof vanagon
'85 weekender

[izzydog]

If you've got OBDII on board, your iPad can be your new gauge cluster.

[Zeitgeist 13]

Your turbo appears to be sucking boost out of the engine. It's obviously possessed
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'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik?

[danfromsyr]

that's a bit of a blind spot creator.

I have a old cell phone running Torque (free/$5) via Blue tooth and a $8 ELM type adapter

can set up alerts and such. but I just like to monitor the vitals as the ECM sees them.

[vwhammer]

[izzydog]

[T3TRIS]

Thanks for all the details, that's helpful and hopefully Speedhut has some answers to your notes. That GPS speedometer drop would be a weird thing to experience for the first few times.

I'm hoping the fuel gauge would work find but I think I'm willing to work with it for all the added benefits. I have to look into what "decade box" is but I'm sure I can figure it out. I'm definitely leaning toward your style the more I think about it. The gauges would be closer, more readable, using their built-in lighting (I don't like the original one, especially with you put an LED, I get a dark shadow down half of the gauge). I'm also a big fan of simplifying the mounting (minus having to create the ABS panel) and making a little more space behind the cluster. I'm always popping that cover off to tinker with things behind there. More space = more better!

Here's our setup right now: we have a syncro with a 94' Subaru EJ22 in it, so anything OBDII just isn't an easy option. I don't know that I like the big iPad setups anyway. Our speakers were shot, so in the meantime I bought a 2-1/16" single din gauge holder and purchased the following:
- Oil temperature gauge (sender is located on top of the engine, driver side, near transaxle)
- Oil pressure gauge (sender is located on top of the engine, driver side, near belts on a T adapter with the OE pressure sender)
- Water temperature gauge (sender is located on the end of the reverse coolant manifold, near belts)
- Trans oil temperature gauge (sender is located right at oil pickup but outside the transaxle, inline just before the oil pump)
The transaxle oil temperature is above the instrument cluster, the three others are where the radio usually sits. Our stock water temperature gauge isn't displaying properly (I still need to find the right resistor to modify the signal from the Subaru engine to the VW gauge). The Speedhut gauge setup would nicely free-up our radio opening again (I know there are alternatives for gauge placement), I would just have to figure out where to put the 2 additional oil temp gauges (engine and trans).

Our current setup is pretty good, the MaxTow gauges we have are nice, no question about it. They are readable and aren't as glowy or hazy as they appear in the photos below. Having them in the radio spot is convenient but not the angle isn't ideal. I can't read the digital number of water temp because of the needle for example, and I can't see where the needle points exactly because it's hidden in the upper left corner of the gauge from my vantage point. Bringing these gauges right in front of me would be an amazing upgrade as I find that I'm always looking down toward the radio to read them. I had originally purchased a slightly angled 3 gauge single din holder but the angle made it impossible to fit the deep-ish MaxTow gauges.

By the way, just for the sake of numbers, here are some typical readings we get in 50 to 70 degree weather:
- 65mph on flat: engine oil 220deg, water 180deg, oil pressure ~40psi, trans oil 120deg
- 50/60mph slight uphill: engine oil up to 242deg, water 190deg, oil pressure (more rpm related), trans oil 135deg
- in town: engine oil 210deg, water 180deg to 200deg (when stopped and oil temp comes down), oil pressure 10 to 20psi idle, almost 95psi when cold engine, trans oil from 90 to 110deg.

[valvecovergasket]

[T3TRIS]

Ha! Very cool, thanks for the updates!

[AndyBees]

[valvecovergasket]

[T3TRIS]

[revolution337]

Just finished up my gauge install today, using the ashtray gauge pod available from T3 Technique (I believe Brickwerks makes them and Chris imports/sells them stateside)

http://t3technique.com/electrical/dual-gauge-pod.html

With my 1.8t engine conversion, I chose to use an oil pressure and boost/vacuum gauge. All other major engine parameters are able to be monitored via my OBDII Ultragauge.

[Da TOW'D]

can't get much better than 21 in hg
looking good
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'62 type 3 Notch
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[danfromsyr]

saw this on Craigslist
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/ant/cto/d/acton-1990-vw-syncro-vanagon/7331700802.html

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[dabaron]

[4Gears4Tires]

Whatever it is, they're ready for Vanagon Flight School (mascot - the Dodo).
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Ferric Oxyhydroxide Superleggera Edition

[mtnhome]

I pulled these VDO gauges from an 80's VW(I think Rabbit or Cabrio) and want to use them with my Subaru conversion. I like that they are metric and vintage like the Westy.

I'm thinking this will be a good place for the temp sender since it will fit under the coolant manifold. This is on the cylinder 2/4 side of the engine. It's just sitting in the plug that's there now. This should should show the temperature of the oil just before it goes to the main bearings. Just noticed that this really shows the heavy blasting RMW does to their reversed manifolds!

I have a couple of these coming that I can use in this location and also under the alternator for the pressure sender.

I haven't decided how I'm going to mount the gauges yet.
Feedback is welcome!
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Build thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=763098&highlight=

[rmcd]

Here is a recent picture.

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