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Finally got my hands on an AS code gearbox for a very reasonable £200. Should give my buggy the top end legs it needs.....

Finally got my hands on an AS code gearbox for a very reasonable £200. Should give my buggy the top end legs it needs.....

Well done Ben, sounds like a bargain to me    Have you got your fuel leak sorted and your fuse problem?

Rob

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Yeah, fuse was down to a short in one of the bulb holders in the rear lights. Swapped that out and all is good. Fuel leak is odd. It smells of fuel but there isn't any sign of a leak.......bit odd really.

Gearbox is a bargain. Came from that Derek guy in Shepshed. Muz picked it up for me last night.

Yeah, fuse was down to a short in one of the bulb holders in the rear lights. Swapped that out and all is good. Fuel leak is odd. It smells of fuel but there isn't any sign of a leak.......bit odd really.

Gearbox is a bargain. Came from that Derek guy in Shepshed. Muz picked it up for me last night.

I had a gearbox of him as well! good chap, I had forgotten what his name was. Did he sell his red buggy that was on the old site, his brother was into buggies as well but more-so 

Rob

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I think he has Rob. Just has a nice beetle these days. He was the bloke I had that AB code box off.

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First part of the dash replacement clocks arrived today......

That will keep me occupied for a bit

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Got the last of the clocks on their way. Need some restoration work but they were cheap enough and its only a piece of glass needed for the fuel/oil temp gauge.



Tach is a 911 one, purely because they work with a 6 cylinder
engine. Should be here in a week and should keep me occupied at night for a while..

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So did a bit of work on the new gauges this afternoon.

Tach has cleaned up very, very nicely indeed.

Face...



With the trim rings rubbed downed and primed and the glass and chrome ring cleaned up



The combined fuel/temp gauge looks like it's gonna need some work...



Clearly the fuel gauge has been out or messed with before. The needle is a little bent and I'm not sure it should sit where it does....



I need to figure out what the three lights on this gauge are. Suspect one is oil, one is generator or alternator and the other a lights on telltale...

Fuel reserve?

I like the way they match the buggy going to look very cool 

Think the lamps were...(top to bottom).....main beam oil and generator. Been a very long time since I saw them in a motor.

judging by the colour, top indicator, center oil and bottom charging.
you will have to test the fuel to see if the needle has dropped back or gone over full once free off the shell the buggy sender should be fine to do it

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Well, tach restored and tested, works fine, very pleased with that.


Light at the bottom of the tach is the main beam indicator. Working on the fuel/temp gauge now... That appears to have a single red light (gonna either be oil or generator) a green one (head lights on I think) and a yellow one......that's gonna get swapped out for a red one to make up the other one I need.

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So, into restoring g the combined fuel / oil temp gauge. Hopefully sorting out a piece of glass at the weekend, using the Speedo glass as a template as they are the same size.

Got onto the thoughts about warning/info lights. The Type 3 pod is very good, has lights for everything I need. The Porsche stuff us a little different. The tach has the indicator tell tales and the main beam light. The fuel/oil temp pod has a green headlights on light, a red one (oil pressure I think...) and a yellow one I've no idea what it's for!!!



So lights are simply holes with a bit of coloured plastic taped over the back. Decided I wanted proper modern battery and oil symbols. Looked at the Speedo in the wife's mini and realised it has small round perfectly sized symbols....queue me booting up eBay and looking for a cheap mini Speedo to butcher!!

Most were £20-£40.....I found one for 99p buy it now, with free postage.....

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm?itemId=331343625290

sure it was a listing error but for 99p, worth a go.....Got an email today saying it's on its way!!!!!!

The plan is to replace the red and yellow film with the bits from the mini Speedo, giving me proper battery and oil lights.....

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So the uber cheap mini Speedo arrived!!! Only to be butchered!!

After a bit of cutting out, one cut thumb, and a session with the Mrs's emery board, I finally got the oil light symbol grafted in.....needs just a tiny amount of filling work but pretty pleased with that.....