On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 4:19 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> VW knew the Vanagon was going to be mostly watercooled from the start and
> designed for it in advance. That is why there is room for a radiator even in
> the first year of aircooled. The diesels are watercooled and they went into
> production during the 1981 model year, sold as late 81 in other markets.

Thanks Mark. For sure. That much I was aware of.    :)

I guess the way the holes in the plastic were configured is mostly irrelevant.

Were there diesel or WBX gauges that mounted to this 3 hole configuration?

http://tinyurl.com/yhreorm

Couldn't find pics of coolant temp gauges on BD or VC's websites.

Neil.

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