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Subject:Re: wires for gauges
From:David Marshall
Date:Sat, 13 Feb 1999 09:19:38 -0800

I ran a length of "trailer wire" from front to rear.  Make sure you get
some wire loom to protect the wires under the van.

Volt gauge - usually run off of the ignition
Oil Temp - one wire to engine
Oil Pressure - "may" be an existing wire upfront, but this sender also
requires only one wire.

Other things that the wires can be used for

- Rear Fog
- Aux Reverse Light (12ga wire)
- Winch control

At 08:36 13/02/1999 -0800, Davidson wrote:
>While I've got the interior of my vanagon taken apart, I thought I would run
>some wires from the engine compartment to the dash for future installation
>of gauges. Can anyone comfirm how many wires are needed for:
>oil pressure gauge
>oil temp gauge
>volt meter gauge
>Thanks
>Bill
>90 Westy Syncro
>
>

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