Re: [T3] clocks

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

>The gas needle in my Square jumps from bottom to top like an arrow when I
turn the
>key at full tank. Not like any other car, that uses 5 mins to get to top.

Different sort of damping used; the Type 3 relies on a tube
filling/emptying a container through a small hole, while the later gauges
heat up a bi-metal strip.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.net/
-----Original Message-----
From: Per Lindgren <lindgre@online.no>
To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org>
Cc: Type 3 list <type3@vwtype3.org>
Date: 09 May 1999 13:57
Subject: Re: [T3] clocks


James MacNaughton wrote:

> That's funny, non-linear.  Unfortunately every VW I've *ever* owned (not
the
> X's Jetta) was the *exact* same way.  100 miles on the first ¹; and 10 on
> the last.

Even my 88 Vanagon is this way, but me moms 94 Vento (Jetta in the US) is
very
linear, you can tell how much gas it has n hte tank by looking at the
guage.
This is a quite new car, though. I seem to remeber that my 68 bug was quite
linear too, but I havent driven it for a while, its uncdergoing resto niw.
PerL
73 Square

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