Combo Gauge Assembly, Tips & tricks wanted (not a poll) Options

[Rusty]

I'm about to start assembling my own combo gauge from a kit that I received from Clay.

The kit comes with two plates - one instrument plate and one backplate. It's designed to combine oil temp, oil pressure and the fuel gauge into one instrument.

The instructions are detailed but the pictures are lacking in quality. Just photocopied pages. Also, there appears to be a photocopy of a stickers page? Maybe it's just a template on how to re-silkscreen the individual gauge modules.

A couple of questions to start:

1. Is it better to buy the oil pressure and oil temp guages new with matching senders? Seems like it would simplify thing later. Maybe it doesn't matter... I dunno.

2. About making the numbers and lines on the gauge modules line up... do I need to make stickers, pry off the needles and paste new graphics onto the modules?

I'll be posting in the classifieds for some 914 gauges to tinker with. I won't start messing with the project for a few week as I'm still in a couple of college classes.

-Rusty (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)

[jasons]

I am getting ready to do this so I have done some homework.

I'm not sure about the senders. I think if you search you will probably find the answer. Plenty of people have used the 911 Oil press/temp gauge.

It seems like most people just plug the gauges in with the numbers located as is. It would be nice to put a decal or new silk screen on there to get them turned correctly.

Here is a link about someone elses experience.

904 triple gauge stuff

Good luck