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January 21st 2004, 13:32
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Got my 914 gauges! I did a little mod to them...
Hey guys, well i found a set of 914 gauges (after looking for months) at a decent price ($50 bucks) only thing that did now work was the ODO/trip meter... as i have had this problem before in an Audi 4000 i kinda knew how to fix it
 so i got that working good. i them matched up the stock speedo to the 914 one to get accuarate MPH readings, what i did was used a drill set at the same RPM to check how fast it was going (83mph) then took the the other speedo (914 one) and did the same... then you have to reposistion the needle to read the same as the stock speedo. On an Audi 4000 you calibrate it the same way, but there are marks on the face that show you the placment of the needle for stock settings.But this was not the mod.....  I was highly doughtfull the 914 gauge would have the same gas guage readings. so the only way to really make it accuarate (cave man style, no electronic bull ****e) was to adapt the stock fuel gauge to the 914 gauge !So i spend all last night (till 2 am in the morning) modifying the stock fuel gauge to fit in the 914 guage. It turned out GREAT! looks seamless. the only way you an tell its not factory is if you look at the back... as i had to make a cover/mounting plate out of plastic to cover the hole and mount the gas gauge. I will load the pics i took later, i dont have time now (Errrr) Later Jonathan 
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#2
January 21st 2004, 15:13
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Hey supervw, glad you finaly found a set. I want to see the fuel guage mod, my 914 guage and vw sender will show a little over 1/4 tank when I run it dry. My Od/trip od. are on the blink also.
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#3
January 21st 2004, 19:00
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No problem i will get some more pics of the nitty gritty to show you all what i did. ill post them all at once.
on this speedo, the ODO had a metal gear attached to the end of a metal shaft, what happend i think is the metal gear gets loose on the shaft and no logner spins WITH the shaft. so what i did was used some crazy glue on the shaft and gear to keep the gear goin with the shaft and not just spin. Im going to paint the needles just to match them all, as the stock fuel needle is white from the beetle. BTW i got the early style 914 gauges with the cool aluminum center caps on the needles i love the look of them !:P-Jonathan
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#4
January 21st 2004, 21:35
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Cool.
 That information will come in handy when I get my gauges.
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I love my money pit, uhm, err, I mean my car. 1969 beetle in the works... 2.0 type 4 DTM... 2004 Suzuki GSX-R 1000 crashed  www.volksport.net Volksport Kfer Gruppe
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#5
January 22nd 2004, 05:00
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Pics, This is the guages with no bezels on them. i repainted the inside of the guages white to make them light up better at night, as they where discoloring (i bet it wont make much of a diff... but i did it anyways).
I striped the bezels down to bare metal with paint striper. and repainted them semi gloss black. they are drying right now. I will try to get them back together tomorrow. ...And i will post some more pics of the fuel gauge mod later
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#6
January 22nd 2004, 08:07
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nice job. looks great. i went a different route and ditched the whole gauge and replaced it with a 911 which has oil temp and pressure. i am just going to run a separate fuel VDO. hope it is accurate.
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#7
January 25th 2004, 15:29
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Hey thanks!
If I was to do an article it would be layed out way cleaner and a bit more indepth. Maybe even include things on disasembly, cleaning and painting the bezels? Later Jonathan
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January 26th 2004, 15:17
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Just thought I'd post mine. I modified my 914 Tach to use the Alt/Gen Light and Oil Pressure Light out of one of the other 914 gauges (since it is now front and center). Looks pretty good, I think (although they could be a bit brighter). Cheers!
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#9
January 26th 2004, 18:46
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#10
February 14th 2004, 21:25
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Up date, goin with silver
Hehehe... Ok so i was hangin out at my dads work (porsche, vw dealer) and they had a 911 turbo or somthing (new one) in the shop, anyways it had silver/ aluminum interior accents all over including silver gauge bezels... They looked super cool with a black interior! so i picked up some silver paint, painted them up, i already repaineted them black... but tryed silver and must say it looks great! and it should look even better next to a carbon fiber dash
!Although i will have to paint the VDO oil temp/ press and volt gauges im getting silver to or maybe opt for some AutoMeter silver gauges. What do you guys think? -Jonathan
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#11
February 15th 2004, 11:28
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Nice...
You have got the silver spot on, not to bright not to dull, it looks real cool :agree: Rob.
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