Blank part of N/A guage

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Blank part of N/A guage

Post by Captain Slow » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:37 pm

I've gotta come out and admit it. I'm a closet guage fan. The oil pressure guage in particular is a great source of entertainment/joy for me.

Since there is no turbo boost guage on the auxliary guages of the N/A 480, I was wondering if anyone had put something in the blank, if so, what?
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Re: Blank part of N/A guage

Post by Captain Slow » Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:38 pm

No-one?

I'm thinking transmission oil temperature or pressure would be the most useful, but cabin temperature the simplest install. Then again Ive now looked at how much some guages are and :eek: :shock:
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Re: Blank part of N/A guage

Post by kev » Wed Apr 13, 2011 5:58 pm

You could do what I did with my 'S' and fit all three gauges and use the Turbo gauge as an economy gauge . Just run a pipe off the manifold to the back of the turbo gauge . :D
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Re: Blank part of N/A guage

Post by stug723 » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:24 pm

I've always had a hankering to illuminate the Volvo logo on the spare guage, but have not looked into it in any great depth...

... anyone else?

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Re: Blank part of N/A guage

Post by Captain Slow » Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:27 am

Interesting thought about the turbo guage kev, I'll see if I can find some posts on here :wink:

I know that the volvo badge has been illuminated by someone in the past-I read it here somewhere.
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Re: Blank part of N/A guage

Post by bigdickbuster » Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:17 am

You can put also economizer from 440/460 as the filling of blank place :)

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Re: Blank part of N/A guage

Post by 480s partner » Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:55 am

Very interesting and nice! :D
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Re: Blank part of N/A guage

Post by Captain Slow » Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:51 pm

Thats a lovely looking install BDB. Trouble is I've never seen a 440 in this country with one. Interesting also to note that you have a european guage with bar on the oil pressure, not psi as we have.
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