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 vlad01
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 posted on August 5th, 2010 at 07:34 PM |
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Ordered some custom gauges from UK!
Sold my instrument set in my notch few days ago. And now with the good pound to au exchanged, called up ETB instruments in the UK and ordered some
custom gauges.
Should be in my hands in a 2 weeks or so.
My tacho will be in the middle replacing the old speedo
and the new speedo will replace the clock.
Actually I will use the new speedo and fit it into the inside of a gutted clock I have here, so it will look symmetrical with the fuel gauge.
Can't wait  I should also point out that it wont be an exact fit
just yet. haha CNC router time
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| posted on August 6th, 2010 at 08:08 AM |
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Make sure you post up some pics man..
Cheers Vice
Currently driving my 1st VW.. 67 type 3 1600..And loving it..
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| posted on August 6th, 2010 at 02:30 PM |
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Definitely looking forward to pics mate! 
Scarab (aka: Paul)
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| posted on August 6th, 2010 at 08:07 PM |
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will do.
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| posted on August 7th, 2010 at 11:02 AM |
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unrelated to the UK made gauges, I just got a notice card in the mail and have to pick up a parcel on monday. I bought a Porsche 912 tacho 8 weeks
ago
but not long ago realized it would not fit as i made the mistake of confusing the beetle dash size of 115mm instead of the type 3 105mm.
So in other words I will have a 912 tacho to suit beetle for sale soon. Will post up pics soon as I get it.
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| posted on August 20th, 2010 at 03:49 PM |
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they are here 
The ones are the 2 on the left.
You can see the inner bezel, ring and clock body I have kept for the speedo. I am going to latter on do some custom work to fit the bezel and chrome
ring
so that it matches the fuel gauge. you get an idea what it will look like in the pic with the fuel and speedo side by side.
These gauges are quite high quality. Even the glass is well glass
All up including postage it came to $422 AU. Not bad considering they came from the UK were the currency is GBP.
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| posted on August 20th, 2010 at 05:03 PM |
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They look real nice mate!
How is the speedo driven? Standard cable operation or some sort of transducer?
I'd like to put something nice and new in mine, but I'll have to make do with the home resto I did on the OG ones.
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| posted on August 20th, 2010 at 05:40 PM |
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ummm? driven via transducer or hall effect . Fully programmable.
As for the tacho, its 100mm and the OG is 105mm. So i have to make a spacer ring to hold it in place. Like a giant washer with 101mm ID and 110mm OD.
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| posted on August 20th, 2010 at 05:50 PM |
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Hi
They look great, like retro factory VW. Its so good to have an electrictronic speedo so that you know 100% that your doing the correct speed. I have
SPA speedo in my sons car, also from the UK.
Steve
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| posted on August 20th, 2010 at 07:08 PM |
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Mine new speedo reads higher  haha But in all seriousness, any shots of
the rear of the speedo? Be interested to hear how you drive it etc, as i will come accross the problem to get my new one to work!
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| posted on August 20th, 2010 at 07:15 PM |
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here you go.
http://www.etbinstruments.com/ETB_Gauge_Wiring_PDF/80mmETBSpeedowire.pdf
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| posted on August 20th, 2010 at 09:05 PM |
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the phone call would have been enough wouldn't it.
they look sweet dude.
"A car for the people, an affordable Volkswagen, would bring great joy to the masses and the problems of building such a car must be faced with
courage."
Adolf Hitler At opening of 1934 Berlin Auto Show
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| posted on August 20th, 2010 at 09:31 PM |
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what 3 buks?
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