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Re: [T3] gas gauge in 12v conversion?


On 22 May 2002, at 21:19, Greg Merritt wrote:

>  Say, I have a '66 fuel/idiot gauge, and I noticed, when I was
> playing around with the little plastic bits, that the... was it oil or
> generator? colored plastic bit had an extra insert behind it that
> completely blocked it except for a small slit.  What gives?  All very
> original-looking.

That's the blue hi-beam light. If you think about it, it's the only one that you 
might find yourself driving with under normal circumstances when it's 
completely dark out and your eyes are quite dark acclimated. Otherwise this 
indicator would probably seem too bright and eventually get annoying.  

I hadn't thought of that since about 1969, when I swapped the plastic inserts 
from a later unit with icons on the inserts. I just looked in a late black faced 
unit and it's the same.
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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