grogy Custom Title Time!
1,000 posts · joined Aug 2007 ·
hi, has anyone had or seen one in use , a taco with inbuilt oil temp and oil pressure guage. wot u think ? thanks greg
all in one gauge
modulus Veteran Volks Folk
2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
Yeah,
That could work.....
hth
That could work.....
hth
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grogy Custom Title Time!
1,000 posts · joined Aug 2007 ·
not quite like that , but if u hungry umm.....................
modulus Veteran Volks Folk
2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
If you got a chrome welded-chain steering wheel and a Mexican blanket car seat cover, you'd have a whole new look...
hth
hth
jsheppard64 Officially Full-On Dubber
323 posts · joined Mar 2008 ·
something like this?
found using google img search
with this i would be wasting half the tach lol
found using google img search
with this i would be wasting half the tach lol
mactaylor Custom Title Time!
1,005 posts · joined Aug 2007 ·
some motor bike after market stuff have all the bits and bobs your after
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bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6
6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·
😂 mmm taco...
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
BajaChris Commited Dubber
62 posts · joined Jul 2004 ·
Have a look here www.westach.com
Lots of combined gauges mostly intended for aircraft but will work in a VW.
Lots of combined gauges mostly intended for aircraft but will work in a VW.
grogy Custom Title Time!
1,000 posts · joined Aug 2007 ·
yea pretty much like the one in jshepherds pic [thanks] does anyone have or tried or seen one working
grogy Custom Title Time!
1,000 posts · joined Aug 2007 ·
on ebay they have tachos with oil pressure and oil temp incorporated
71-BEETLE-SEDAN AKA Josh
1,058 posts · joined Mar 2009 ·
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=79672
Thats the link to my members ride bit, i have one, it works well, ive got the water temp in tinware so i can moniter the temp of around the heads, instead of cylinder head temp as this was much easier.
Oil pressure is hooked up in a t joint for the stocko and this one.
The volts is hooked up and works well.
The tacho goes good, got a switch for 4-6-8 cylinder motors and i can change the light of the background and set where my shift light comes on.
Only issue i had with it was it needed a corrector diode from dick smith in-line to get it to read accurately.
Pm joel for the part number, i cant remeber but they are only a couple of cents.
Thats the link to my members ride bit, i have one, it works well, ive got the water temp in tinware so i can moniter the temp of around the heads, instead of cylinder head temp as this was much easier.
Oil pressure is hooked up in a t joint for the stocko and this one.
The volts is hooked up and works well.
The tacho goes good, got a switch for 4-6-8 cylinder motors and i can change the light of the background and set where my shift light comes on.
Only issue i had with it was it needed a corrector diode from dick smith in-line to get it to read accurately.
Pm joel for the part number, i cant remeber but they are only a couple of cents.
Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang
9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·
modulus wrote:If you got a chrome welded-chain steering wheel and a Mexican blanket car seat cover, you'd have a whole new look...
hth
I'm not even gonna say what I know a mexican blanket to be 🤪 🤪
and the Diode Josh speakes of is just an IN4004 from somewhere like Dicksmith
grogy Custom Title Time!
1,000 posts · joined Aug 2007 ·
jus need a sombero,............... the diode was needed because the tac was innaccurate, what is a diode and how why/how does this fix the problem. did the tac already have a broken diode?????. also are internal guages easy to read with the tac needle bouncing around
1303Steve Scirocco Rare
8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Hi
I fitted a 2 inch VDO tacho to my son David's bug, it was reading inaccurately, I thought it was switched wrong but it needed a diode as well make it read correctly.
Steve
I fitted a 2 inch VDO tacho to my son David's bug, it was reading inaccurately, I thought it was switched wrong but it needed a diode as well make it read correctly.
Steve
jsheppard64 Officially Full-On Dubber
323 posts · joined Mar 2008 ·
maybe cleaning the signal a bit?grogy wrote:the diode was needed because the tac was innaccurate, what is a diode and how why/how does this fix the problem. did the tac already have a broken diode?????. also are internal guages easy to read with the tac needle bouncing around
coz most people connects it directly to coil (-ve)
there are some spike happening there
71-BEETLE-SEDAN AKA Josh
1,058 posts · joined Mar 2009 ·
Joel has said before when i asked this same question, i think it has something to do with the coil info being sent.
Its just something you put in line with the signal wire and it stops the needle bouncing around and makes it move smoothly and accuratly.
They are preety easy as oil pressur eis the only one that really moves around that much while driving and my needle only gets that high in the wet. 😉
Volts bounces around a fair bit on mine as i think my regulator is on the way out.
But the onl bad bit is the shift light. It isnt as bright as id like, but i guess it shouldnt be on for as long as mine has been when we go out on a mates paddock.
All in all its a good tacho and i will be installing one in my brothers charade in the next week.
Its just something you put in line with the signal wire and it stops the needle bouncing around and makes it move smoothly and accuratly.
They are preety easy as oil pressur eis the only one that really moves around that much while driving and my needle only gets that high in the wet. 😉
Volts bounces around a fair bit on mine as i think my regulator is on the way out.
But the onl bad bit is the shift light. It isnt as bright as id like, but i guess it shouldnt be on for as long as mine has been when we go out on a mates paddock.
All in all its a good tacho and i will be installing one in my brothers charade in the next week.
71-BEETLE-SEDAN AKA Josh
1,058 posts · joined Mar 2009 ·
Id take a video of it but its too late to be outside redlining the dub
Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang
9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·
it just cleans up the signal
Unless you pay big $$s for quality tachs like Autometer etc most of these tachs just come from taiwan and there made to run on your average boy racers rice bucket with a ECU generated tach signal
Theyre usually not sensative enough to work off the fluffy signal that points make
THe diodes only work one way, if you get no signal flip it around
and also i put mine at the coil end which was probably a mistake cos it failed fairly early and i think it was heat.
stick it up front at the tacho end
Unless you pay big $$s for quality tachs like Autometer etc most of these tachs just come from taiwan and there made to run on your average boy racers rice bucket with a ECU generated tach signal
Theyre usually not sensative enough to work off the fluffy signal that points make
THe diodes only work one way, if you get no signal flip it around
and also i put mine at the coil end which was probably a mistake cos it failed fairly early and i think it was heat.
stick it up front at the tacho end
grogy Custom Title Time!
1,000 posts · joined Aug 2007 ·
put bricks in front of u front wheels, [in thegarage] pour a bucket of water under the rear tires and get inside n smoke it up and video the gauge
grogy Custom Title Time!
1,000 posts · joined Aug 2007 ·
does the tac work as good as an expensive one , if u put in a diode
jsheppard64 Officially Full-On Dubber
323 posts · joined Mar 2008 ·
on bugs??71-BEETLE-SEDAN wrote:Volts bounces around a fair bit on mine as i think my regulator is on the way out.
our regulator are actually relays
charges when Vgen > Vbatt
or something like that
71-BEETLE-SEDAN AKA Josh
1,058 posts · joined Mar 2009 ·
Oh well yeah it bounces around, ill get a video of it this arvo, hopefully its wet so i can get it moving but if not ill just redline it in neutrall
ElusiveStranger Officially Full-On Dubber
330 posts · joined May 2006 ·
It might need the diode as when the electromagnetic field in the coil collapses it generates a back EMF. The diode will block this.
(I think, I'm a bit rusty on electronics these days)
(I think, I'm a bit rusty on electronics these days)