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Subject:Re: Gauges in the engine bay
From:Dennis Haynes
Date:Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:13:31 -0400

Yep that what we want. Lets add two more things to fail. A low cost fuel
pressure gauge when it breaks will be a really fire starter. As for a
coolant pressure gauge yep good confirmation of a leak once the steaming
starts.

Seriously I think some folks are just getting downright silly with
instrumentation.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
John Rodgers
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 11:12 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Gauges in the engine bay

I've collected from somewhere two photos - one marked FPG and the other
marked H2O. I would like to pursue this in my own van, but I've
questions. For a permanent installation in the engine compartment, what
gauge should I get for the fuel pressure, and as for the H2O gauge what
should I use. Can these be just any pressure gauge like from Lowes
Hardware or the like? And as much as anything - where would I install
that water gauge. I can only see the face of the gauge - marked 0 thru
25 -  but cannot see the plumbing connection, so I don't really know
where it hooks in.

If anyone has any ideas as to how best to get this done, I would
appreciate hearing them.

Thanks,

John

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John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com