Hi guys I'm in the first stages of fitting VDO's gauges for the dash.
I have the dials but nothing else.
These are:
Altimeter
Oil Temp
Water Temp
Turbo - need hose & connections
Does the 1HDT have an existing facilty to connect to or do I need extra parts?
I imagine 10 different people will give 10 different answers to how they achieved exactly what you want and i personally hate auto electrics so i'm not likely to be of much use to you .
I can only say on a personal note i would wherever possible stick with vdo as a gauge that tells lies is worse than useless . Searching for a "how to" on each gauge individually is surely the best way forward as they don't interact with each other in any way shape or form .
I can't see a vacuum pipe on your turbo sensor but that's how most measure boost so you just cut the turbo vacuum pipe and pop a 99p T joint into the line .
We crossed posts Dervis but as you know i don't have an 80 so now the convo is started and you have posted up some accessories i better bow out and let the 80 owners say yay or nay to the options .
I will say again though one at a time is the way to do it because any one of those gauges could be used in any car , plane , train , boat , whatever .
Because its raining i did a quick search for the altimeter sensor/sender/reader and came up blank apart from all the digital gadgets you can take on a pushbike which makes me wonder if it just needs power to work the sensor within ?
I did fit the three gauges from IIRC a VW to my Discovery. The oil temperature sender was part of the sump plug, it is a simple earth return type like the temperature sensor, just much larger. I 'may' still have that sensor?
I am down the garage today as I need to have a clear up, I rarely throw anything away so I will have a look for it, if it is there, it is yours gratis.
Got a feeling I have a VDO catalogue somewhere. Mind you, it's probably all on their website now anyway. I can post photos if it helps, I'll have a look.
Thank you guys for all your attention & input.
Looked on the VDO webpage couldn't attach any common sense really to what I really need. It seems more specific based on the vehicle so I wanted to find an expert here to see the car & tell me what I need or alternatively attach the mods if available to get this job done.
The boost tubing joins into a tube that carrys boost pressure, so as long as its fits the back of your gauge it will work, the tube is cut in two and a T piece added.
oil pressure i presume will come off the stock pressure sender location so again you will need to find the size of the fittings.
water temp, NPT is a tapered thread so like the egt gauge probe i would say you need to tap out a hole in a suitable location and screw in the probe.
alti metre? The stock one works off air pressure so is better at predicting the weather, other than the back light they need no wiring. gps is far better.
Thanks for looking there Dave & getting back to me no worries.
Bought a VDO turbo piping kit off eBay for £10 hopefully that & the new turbo controller will complete this setup for the turbo gauge. As for the rest will research them one by one in the hope to get them all working.
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