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Subject:Re: Unorthodox Inst. Cluster Electrical Question
From:mark drillock
Date:Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:31:56 -0700

Lots of analog clock cluster have temp and fuel gauge. All the way
through 1991 some came with the big clock instead of the tach though
somewhat rarely after 1984. Even the analog clock was deleted in some
versions mostly for other markets, as was the trip meter in the speedo.
How much could that have saved?

Yes some versions of the blue foil came with a screw connection for the
middle leg and don't use the middle leg itself. (and some versions of
the blue foil were not blue)

Mark

neil n wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:51 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> At 06:28 PM 10/20/2009, neil n wrote:
>>> I'd like to keep the analogue clock. This would prohibit installing a
>>> WBX temp gauge. My aftermarket Hastings gauge worked fine with it's
>> You *could* just find a clock with a temp gauge in it.  Most US water-cooled
>> before 85 should have one.
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>
> A temp gauge with a digital clock?
>
> Looking through Bentley section 90 at USA and Canada '80-'84, I don't
> see a cluster with a temp gauge and analogue clock. Don't know why,
> but really like the old school clock.   :)
>
> Also, in studying section 90, I noticed that the middle pin of my '81
> voltage stabilizer, is not connected.
>
> Since the metal tab on the voltage stabilizer is attached to ground
> path on foil, is this providing ground to the stabilizer in place of
> pin 2?
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