Ambient temperature, wind chill, and are the fish biting.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Dummitt" <williamd@COMPUSERVE.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: Which gauges?

We could wrangle about this all day. In fact, we probably will!

 I'd recommend:

Voltmeter
Oil Pressure
Water Pressure

Because the water boxer has so much plumbing, having a water pressure gauge
will immediately tell you to start looking for a leak before it becomes
serious and may actually be the most useful gauge of all.

Even better, mount a digitool (see
http://scribers.midwest.net/midwesty/vw)on the heater cover with velcro,
which includes a voltmeter, and go with gauges atop the dash for oil
pressure, water pressure, and fuel pressure.  I'd rank these above vacuum,
ammeter, and oil temperature for waterboxers.  Oil temp is a must for
air-cooled, but maybe redundant on waterboxers.

Bill
St. Louis, MO
www.geocities.com/wdummitt