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| The dash face is installed and some of the switches and gauges in place. Notice I have installed a new speaker in the dash. |
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| The new dash pad sourced from Airhead Parts is in place. Just waiting for the tach (what was the clock), radio and the Karmann Ghia dash script to complete the project. |
As part of the dash refresh I decided to add some gauges to monitor engine health. Volkswagen used idiot lights for oil pressure and nothing for oil temperature. I sourced an oil temperature and oil pressure gauge from VDO. Knowing both oil pressure and temperature are important with small air cooled engines. I also took the opportunity to have the stock clock, which was the same size as the speedometer, modified to become a tachometer. It seems to me time is easy to determine…but like with oil temperature and pressure, knowing the engine RPM can be useful in extending the life of a VW engine. This was also a good time to heck the electrical connections and freshen up the knobs on the switches on the dash. The oil temperature and oil pressure gauges are being mounted on the underside of the ash tray. This is done for two reasons…first it does not require any change to the dash and second the gauges and mounting pods can be removed as easily as pulling out the ash tray. I used the existing hole and grommet that heater control light is routed through to bring the necessary wires for the gauges into the passenger compartment.
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| The new wiring for the oil temperature and pressure gauges. |
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| Gauges installed under the dash, DIN radio mount installed and the new Karmann Ghia script is in place. |
