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January 23rd 2004, 00:09
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Great jod, super, I like what you did to the fuel gauge...crafty!
John
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There is no cure for our disease  '69 standard ( under the knife) '72 1302 GL ( under the knife and on hold) VolkSport Kfer Gruppe www.VolkSport.net 
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January 23rd 2004, 09:13
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January 23rd 2004, 12:45
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I will try, im already stacked for time as it is... being a full time student, working after school and builing an engine and restoring my dub kinda fills the plate.
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January 23rd 2004, 23:00
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Can't wait to see those pics... John
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There is no cure for our disease '69 standard ( under the knife) '72 1302 GL ( under the knife and on hold) VolkSport Kfer Gruppe www.VolkSport.net
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January 24th 2004, 01:52
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Pics of fuel gauge mod
Here are some pics of the fuel gauge mod, Most of you likely have not seen inside a 914 fuel gauge. so talking about it might be kinda hard for some to understand. (maybe its my explaining aswell.
Anyways, if you look you can see a little metal tab on the inside of the guage, i think this is a light deflector/ heat reflector? well anyways, you have to cut a corner off of it to allow the super beetle gauge to fit. the other thing you must modify on the 914 gauge is a cover for the back where the stock 914 gauge insert goes. you will have to make a template from the metal one to make a plastic one (or any non conductive material at 1.5mm-2.5mm thick should work well). you will also have to drill holes for all the mounting screws(4 total), along with two larger holes for the beetle fuel gauge insert posts... for this you will have to play around with hole placment to get the gauge to fit inside corectly and not be all lopsided when you look at the guage faces. For this i used a temporary clear plastic backing plate to look down and play around with the position and mark its position once i found the sweet spot  You will also notice on the beetle fuel gauge insert that it has a square shape to its face, you will need to cut the edges at the bottom in order for the beetle fuel gauge face to line up with the window of the 914 gauge,here i used the stock backing plate inorder to get a nice clean radius that matches the inside of the guage. You will cut a little into the markings of the face, but if you cut them clean and take your time it will look clean! You will also have to bend the ends of the beetle fuel gauge face (there 90 deg bends stock, make them a 45deg or so) this will let the face cover more area inside so you dont see the inside of the gauge from the window.( a little will show, but nothing you would notice unless you looked VERY close from an angle). You will also need to make a new ground conection for all the light, and wire up the stock beetle fuel gauge ground conction aswell (forgot that that little box thingy is called... but the ground concect to it then to one end of the fuel guage posts Via a conector. Most of all BE CREATIVE! im sure there are better ways of doing this, or other ways. but i did it the best way i know how. If you have more indepth questions, just ask but dont blame me if you scew up your mod if you guys atempt thisPICS!
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