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buggy.gif posted on October 20th, 2003 at 07:30 PM
Oil Temp gauge fitting


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Anyone got a good idea on running a cable front to rear for my new temp gauge

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posted on October 20th, 2003 at 08:42 PM


I'll go and take a pic for you of this cunduit I used to protect/insulate the cables I ran front to rear for my Microbus.

I poked the conduit through some existing rubber plugs that allready had wire looms in them, tight squeeze but thats what you want.

Running the conduit through the chassis and rails is the easy bit, just poke it through existing drillings and any long spans I used a cable tie to hold it firm.




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posted on October 20th, 2003 at 08:52 PM


Size of Conduit compared to a ten cent coin.

I got the conduit from REPCO. It was about $0.45/metre

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posted on October 20th, 2003 at 08:53 PM


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posted on October 20th, 2003 at 10:36 PM
thanks i'll give it a try


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posted on October 20th, 2003 at 11:16 PM


Hi

I have lots of wires running from the front to rear on my bug, the easiest thing to do is buy some of the 8 core wire they use for trailer wiring and run that through, this way you will lots of spares for the future.

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posted on October 20th, 2003 at 11:18 PM


Hey Breville,
I'm guessing a '72S will be very similar to my'73L bug. I ran a few cables all internally.
There is a cavity on the outer edge of the car (below the external vents behined the rear windows) that is filled with foam (the stuff that absorbs water and rusts them out there). I pushed a stiff wire through it, and used it to pull the cables through.

From inside you need to get behind the vinal panel next to the rear seats, and from the engine, it's up in the top left/right of the engine bay. Hard to explain. If your out this way again one day I can show you
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posted on October 21st, 2003 at 06:20 AM
8 core sound good - will look into the roof channel down the right hand side - thanks people


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posted on October 21st, 2003 at 12:03 PM
jobs done


got some of that conduit

tried to run it through the roof arches - no success

looked under the seat and found the other end of cables running from the disused testing unit. run a cable from there under the door trim and into the front

now to get the sender tapped and installed and complete the wiring at the gauge

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posted on October 21st, 2003 at 05:14 PM


If you can post us a pic of a the job all done. :thumb



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posted on October 22nd, 2003 at 06:37 AM
Not sure what you want to see


what specifically did you want a pic of


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