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2016/10/12 23:25:28 (permalink)
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Gauge spacers

Fitting a Cortina GT gauge pod into my switch panel and decided to fit some spacers to angle the faces a little to make them easier to read.  Went online to find some ready-mades and you could have knocked me over with a feather -Nearly $15 each for a bit of moulded plastic!!  Times that by 4 and add postage and its as much as I paid for the gauges!!  tried a piece of poly pipe but too much work to reduce the wall thickness to fit $6 for the effort.  Had a look thru my wifes craft stuff - found plastic tube holding an LED candle, a neat 52mm.  A couple of minutes work with hacksaw to cut 4 sections, another few minutes work to trim with scissors to achieve the right angle. One set of spacers- $0.  Maybe I'm used to doing things on the cheap, due to lack of budget but I really baulk at paying big money for cheap stuff. Just have to prime and paint and they're ready to fit.  Len

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    Re: Gauge spacers 2016/10/13 08:49:07 (permalink)
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    Love your work! And so, so much better than the $15 a pop ones.
     
    I did the same with the tacho in my mk1. Used a section of poly pipe. Worked a treat!
     

     

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    Re: Gauge spacers 2016/10/13 21:58:48 (permalink)
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    Hi Hak,
    That's a neat looking install, fairly close in size to standard by the look of it.  What model VDO instrument did you use.
    Len
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    Re: Gauge spacers 2016/10/14 09:59:26 (permalink)
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    Hey Len.
    I was originally going to use an old Mk2 Cortina tacho, but it never worked. This VDO one is a 333-354, I think. I can't find a pic of the sticker on the gauge.
    The VDO one fits in pretty well. Took a bit of fiddling to get it sitting right, but it sits in there ok now.


     
     
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    Re: Gauge spacers 2017/05/01 20:21:09 (permalink)
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    Hi HAK,
    As you might have read from my post on a vss speedo I will have to go aftermarket so your post on mounting your tacho will come in very handy!- will have to do something similar. Cheers Len
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    Re: Gauge spacers 2017/05/02 18:14:42 (permalink)
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    Hak,
    Nice creative solution.  
    What about the gauges that the tacho evicts? Need some aftermarket extras elsewhere?

    Say hi to Betty for me.

    accapmad - In the Land of Oz
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    Re: Gauge spacers 2017/05/04 21:24:07 (permalink)
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    Hey Alan. Betty says hi :)
     
    The evicted gauges found their way down to the centre console. And the switches evicted from down there went onto the dash.
     

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