Instrument Cluster

I have been playing with various instrument cluster arrangement and after market gauges. Here is what I have in my 85 Westy:
The little guy sitting on my instrument cluster cover is my hero - he goes with me every where.

I have used Brian's (Small Car) stick on face plates and recalibrated the tach for the 7000 rpm range. The after market gauge arrangement is my poor mans instrument cluster - but it works very nicely.


This is a better picture of the Vanagon instrument cluster. The idiot light replacement face is from our list members - The Bakkes. Dave and Natasha do a very nice job on these. NOTE: If anyone is interested in purchasing a check engine indictor panel you can find their ads on the Samba under the user name “Westyklaus.” Note that my Check Engine light is using the old O2 LED - but the insert now shows this a CE light - may be handy arrangement for the California CARB guys.


This is my after market gauge pod. Stewart Warner temperature gauge, Auto Meter oil pressure gauge and a VDO voltmeter. I have switches mounted on both the temperature gauge pod and the volt meter pod. The switches allow switch between - coolant temperature and automatic tranny temperature (2 senders) - and for voltage I can switch between main battery and auxiliary battery.

NOTE: Use these ideas at you own risk - no warranty or guarantee implied or included. Tom