Frank G did a nice job Neil, I hope he chimes in. Meanwhile pics and text of his work here on this page in my blog

http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/vanagon-frank-g-s-instrument-cluster-mod/

alistair

On 2011-11-21, at 9:11 AM, neil n wrote:

> Hi all.
> 
> On thesamba.com there's a thread on adapting a Fox cluster to the Vanagon.
> I can't find the thread right now, but it should be there. The thread
> content was aimed, in part, toward the Suby crew, but IIRC, the swap is
> applicable to any Vanagon.
> 
> What would it take to reproduce a new cluster housing? Is it even $
> feasible to do this? Thoughts towards this?
> 
> Does it have to be made of plastic? I bet a 3D printer could make a
> prototype for (casting?) purposes.
> 
> I guess it all comes down to someone taking the ball and investing $ to
> make it happen. I'm just thinking that at the very least, a plastic housing
> could be reproduced then one could install parts specific to their model
> year. That said......
> 
> Is the housing the same for all model years? I imagine there's differences
> in the amount and positioning of warning lights.
> 
> OTOH, maybe there's enough Vanagons in the bone yard to provide suitable
> parts.  (?)
> 
> Neil.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:33 AM, george jannini <georgejoann@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>  Fonman, I've just gone through somewhat the same dash crap as you-
>> original problem was a broken speedo cable, but the job devolved into
>> my being forced into finding, then assembling the best parts that I
>> could come up with from 4 spare dash pods, all of which suffered from
>> varying degrees of dinged/cracked/broken plastic and/or
>> folded/broken/missing contacts where the console attaches to the
>> wiring harness.
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Neil n
> 
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