The west coast is going to miss the good Doctor and his talented hands. He did a fantastic job of assembling the guage. He over can some problems with holes linning up. If you need a guage put togeather find the Doctor to do it.

Wow... they truly area magic hands... he made them invisible!

I can't see them.

Need to add the pics - Front

And the Back

Invisible needle on the temp !

The needle is there you just cann't see it

QUOTE (azbill @ May 11 2005, 07:25 AM)

The needle is there you just cann't see it

Must be running DTM technolgy....engine never heats up!

QUOTE (azbill @ May 11 2005, 06:25 AM)

The needle is there you just can't see it

That's what I said, invisible needle.

That has to cost a
arm and some other
part to have done.

Where did that guage orig. come from?

Soon that gauge kit will come from the land of Root.

lower left idiot light needs to be coerced into place

Wow!!! Is that a great combo set-up.

Dan old buddy, you're gonna sell a bunch a them if that's what they are gonna look like. Me likie.

To straighten the lights all you have to do is put a pen in the back and reposition....sheesh. The kit was crappy. The holes for everything did not line up and needed to be "corrected" the best that I could. I also have a technique that allows me to put the light bungs in with out using the adheasive recommended. If they were glued, I have no idea how they would conduct groound.

I told Dan Root about the problems I had and he will make sure that his kits are top notch (of this I have no doubt). It was a PITA. If the kit was right it would have been so much easier.

Thanks for the props, Bill

looks good...the numbers for the "oil pressure" would drive me batty being tilted in that position

Yep, hoping to make a run of like 100 of these. But it won't be for a little while. I have a feeling I will need to make a couple, assemble one, make another few, you know, R&D stuff. I don't want to powder coat them like the orignal kits either. Too much texture. I want to anodize the front plates. We'll see how things go. There is a thread on this that was updated not too long ago.

whatchu talkin bout willis
Is this a new gauage or a friggin refit on an exiting housing?
Palo Alto does a similar one. but is $
I think its Kewl but a little more detail please

I bought the kit from Jeff Fort, the oil pressure and temp modules came from a 1984 911, the fuel module is stock 914. Mike Dr Evel assembled the parts. That where the guage came from.

Notice (if you can) that the low fuel indicator is a solid red now. My own personal modification

AHHHH thank you So if you want one you will have to deal with Dan AND supply the 911 components?

Yup, I strictly do assembly.

QUOTE (rdauenhauer @ May 11 2005, 03:50 PM)

whatchu talkin bout willis Is this a new gauage or a friggin refit on an exiting housing? Palo Alto does a similar one. but is $ I think its Kewl but a little more detail please

Rich, I few years back this kit was offered I think for around $100-150. It was basically a backing plate and face plate with instructions on how to take a 914 and 911 combo gauge to make a 904 style gauge. I have assembled a few and loved the whole package/kit idea. I have the plans thanks to Aaron Cox and this summer will be re-tooling R&D the kit to make another run of them. it will cost $$$ and I don't really plan on making any real money from it. Really just want the kit availble again. Even with buying a used 911 combo gauge and this kit, one should be able to put a 904 kit together for under $200.

My goal is to offer the kit for under $150.

I would suggest modifying the backing plate so that the fuel gauge part can use the standard later (72+) fuel gauge modules. To do that, you drill holes in the same pattern as those used on the other two gauge modules (oil temp & oil press) but rotated around the center of the backing plate to the position for the fuel gauge module.

Finding the early gauges can be a bit of a pain, and having to de-solder and re-solder them is definitely a pain. If you make the above mod, you can use the later style bolt-in fuel gauge module. You wind up needing to use the 911 gauge housing as the housing for your new combo gauge, but that's quite easy to do anyway.

--DD
(Who did the above mods to his combo gauge kit.)

QUOTE (Dave_Darling @ May 12 2005, 10:12 AM)

I would suggest modifying the backing plate so that the fuel gauge part can use the standard later (72+) fuel gauge modules. To do that, you drill holes in the same pattern as those used on the other two gauge modules (oil temp & oil press) but rotated around the center of the backing plate to the position for the fuel gauge module. Finding the early gauges can be a bit of a pain, and having to de-solder and re-solder them is definitely a pain. If you make the above mod, you can use the later style bolt-in fuel gauge module. You wind up needing to use the 911 gauge housing as the housing for your new combo gauge, but that's quite easy to do anyway. --DD (Who did the above mods to his combo gauge kit.)

Already have it drawn into some modified plans. I don't want there to be any soldering required.