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Thrasher22 Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2010 Posts: 858 Location: Calgary, Canada
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 6:42 pm Post subject: Early to late gauge swap |
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Other than for appearance reasons, does anyone see a reason why I couldn't swap gauges from an early bay (73) into a later bay (75)? The wiring looks almost identical, and like I just need to find a home for a few grounds.
My gas gauge is friend and my odometer is broken, but I was able to track down earlier gauges locally for a good price.
I tried hooking up the fuel gauge and it read full, which is correct.
If no one knows, I guess I'll be the guinea pig. _________________ 1975 Westfalia - http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=516701 |
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busdaddy Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2004 Posts: 51125 Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 6:47 pm Post subject: Re: Early to late gauge swap |
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If the fuel gauge is for the early non vibrator style sender the gas gauge will jump around like a mofo, aside from that there's no reason it won't work. _________________ Rust NEVER sleeps and stock never goes out of style.
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16863 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 10:03 pm Post subject: Re: Early to late gauge swap |
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Thrasher22 Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2010 Posts: 858 Location: Calgary, Canada
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: Early to late gauge swap |
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Did a test hook up last night and everything works! Just need to track down a short that causes it to read full when I turn on my dash lights or high beams. I really like the look of early gauges compared to late ones, love the better turn signal indicators in particular. I'll try and find a way to run right/left separately tonight.
Thanks for the help BusDaddy and hint skillz! _________________ 1975 Westfalia - http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=516701 |
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Tcash Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2011 Posts: 12844 Location: San Jose, California, USA
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: Early to late gauge swap |
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Just need to track down a short that causes it to read full when I turn on my dash lights or high beams. |
May be a bad ground back feeding through the gauge.
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Thrasher22 Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2010 Posts: 858 Location: Calgary, Canada
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: Early to late gauge swap |
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That's exactly what it ended up being.
Took it for a drive last night and everything seemed to be working normally. No luck with the separate right/left turn indicator, but I'm okay with that. _________________ 1975 Westfalia - http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=516701 |
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