tonytiger 0 Posted February 15, 2005 Ordered a set of RHD gauges from VAGParts last week, not really expecting anything to come of it - but they actually arrived today! :D Just the week before I'd tried my local dealer but he was adamant that they were discontinued about a year ago and wasn't interested in trying to order me one. And perhaps they were unavailable a year ago - as looking at the numbers stamped on the panel, some of them appear to be manufacturing dates (I think) and one of the them shows the year as 04 and the month as either 03 or 09 (as shown in pic below). Won't be fitting this just yet, as I need to sort a new sender out - probably go for a 2-in-1. Can anyone confirm the thread size I need? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe M 0 Posted February 15, 2005 Have you got then number for vagparts handy, and how much were they. :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonytiger 0 Posted February 15, 2005 Number for VAGParts is 01793 487700. Website address is http://www.vagparts.com/ I paid £84.33 delivered which seemed a bit too cheap, but I didn't argue :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vr6storm 0 Posted February 16, 2005 Number for VAGParts is 01793 487700. Website address is http://www.vagparts.com/ I paid £84.33 delivered which seemed a bit too cheap, but I didn't argue :) thats well cheap VW were selling them early last year for £90-ish+VAT :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swfblade 0 Posted February 16, 2005 this may be a stupid question, but woudl this fit the "old dash" on a G60? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted February 16, 2005 this may be a stupid question, but woudl this fit the "old dash" on a G60? Not without a dremel... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swfblade 0 Posted February 16, 2005 so which bit is it that they list in the manual and on ETKA that goes in the same place? Does that one include the guages or is it just a plate to stick em in? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted February 16, 2005 It's just a bit of plastic, used to be £7 but not obselete... I have a set of LHD late gauges I'll be attempting to bodge into the G60 dash at some point... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swfblade 0 Posted February 16, 2005 cheers m8. at least now i know before i go ordering anything!! :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ben16v 0 Posted February 16, 2005 are these New dash only then?? Damn! i`ve sent e-mail etc..... whats the difference between the old and new cubby hole and how difficult would it be to modify to fit? any one got a pic of the two spaces side by side to compare? :=( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeVR6 0 Posted February 17, 2005 VW produced a "Gauge Panel" for 1.8 16v and G60. They were available until around 18 months ago now obselete. I have one if anyone is interested in making a mold from it to run off some more? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ben16v 0 Posted February 17, 2005 mikevr6 do ya fancy putting a pic up to compare to the above one? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeVR6 0 Posted February 17, 2005 Pic added. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ice White Socks 0 Posted February 17, 2005 Wahay- Just got confirmation from an Irish Dealer that my gauges have turned up!! Am well chuffed. This was the guy mentioned in the last post about these VDO gauges maybe two weeks ago- I think someone else has placed an order with him and they have turned up as well- so its official that these gauges are still readily available from outside the UK!! I have a part list that someone PM'd me with about a year ago for all the senders etc that I would need- Am i right in thinking VW still sell everything that is needed to get these things working in the car? Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeVR6 0 Posted February 17, 2005 All you really need is a Dual Pole sender. (recommended especially for the VR instead of a T-Piece and extra sender) They're £47 delivered from here http://www.streetstyleandpower.com/publ ... adPage/206 VDO Part No. V360023 Then you just need a few screws to secure the gauges and someone good with electrics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ice White Socks 0 Posted February 17, 2005 Does anyone know how to wire these up then- I though some cars had the connectors already tucked into the wiring loom, but assuming mine won't have- what go where? I think there are only four connections so I am hoping it can't be that hard!! Cheers Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted February 17, 2005 You need an Earth, Ignition live, dashboard lights live and a wire feeding through to the engine bay to connect to the oil pressure sender. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeVR6 0 Posted February 17, 2005 Right I've tried wiring mine up. What a mess! I've managed to break the dashboard lights! When I started everything was fine. Now none of the dash lights up! Haven't stripped any cables, just prodded a signal tester into the connectors for the ashtray and lighter. Fuse 21 is ok and the main interior light works fine. What have I broken!?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ice White Socks 0 Posted February 17, 2005 Thanks Henny- is that in order though i.e. top to bottom? otherwise how will i know which wire needs to go to which terminal? Cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted February 17, 2005 Ice White Socks, no idea mate, never seen one in the flesh! :? What does the writing below the connector say? The contacts are normally marked so you know what they're for... ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeVR6 0 Posted February 17, 2005 If we look at a picture of the back.. The labels below the connector say G. Druck (pressure) KL15+12v (dunno, ignition live?) KL. 31 (????) KL.58+ Bel. (????) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted February 17, 2005 I'd guess at: Druck = pressure sender feed 15 = ignition live 31 = earth 58 = lighting (got a crap monitor at work and can't make the writing out... :oops: ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HiAsAKite 0 Posted February 17, 2005 I've ordered one but they're out of stock.. got it on back order for me.... Does anyone know if the wiring is already present, or whether I need to get the wiring loom from somewhere? EDIT: Just read the second page of this thread.... bummer.. sounds like I need to buy terminal socket and wire it up myself... Mike.. let me know when you've figured out whats what!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeVR6 0 Posted February 17, 2005 Gonna have to post in the problems section about my lights :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonytiger 0 Posted February 18, 2005 All you really need is a Dual Pole sender. (recommended especially for the VR instead of a T-Piece and extra sender) They're £47 delivered from here http://www.streetstyleandpower.com/publ ... adPage/206 VDO Part No. V360023 SS&P are out of stock of this sender at the moment (I wonder why) so I've been trying to find somewhere else to source one from. Found some information on the VDO (or Siemens) website about their sensors. V360023 isn't listed in that document (all the part numbers quoted are much longer), but I did find 360-081-030-009 C/K listed as "Pressure Sender with warning contact - common ground" with a 10bar measuring range and 0.5bar warning trigger point, thread M10x1. This sounds like the same part but with a different number to me. Looking further down in the documentation there is a list of OEM part numbers against VDO part numbers and there is an entry in the VAG section for this sender with VAG part number T11 919 081. Does that mean if I order this part number from VAG I'll get that VDO item, or is it just a substitute. ETKA shows this to be an Oil Pressure Sender for an L80, but doesn't give any other information - so I don't even know if the original VAG part has the warning contact. The dealers I spoke to couldn't help either. Anybody any ideas? Or is there somewhere else I can obtain this VDO sender from? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
