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Hi I've not posted for a while, I have been working on this digital dash for a little while now:
It reads speed, revs, Water temp, fuel, Battery, Clock, and will do 0-60 times
£100 bargain
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looking good just need to put sat nav on the other side, job jobbed

Certainly has a square peg/round hole look to it

It reminds me I need to feed the dog.

How do I put this....Its not quite the factory look is it...more the"A team" look if you get my drift

Mark

If you looked in the boot you would also see something rather un-factory

Hey, I'm the first to do the puch maxi upgrade.

lol i nearly woke the cat laughing at the a-team reference and i don't even have a cat!

lol @ puch maxi, the round speedo i take it?

stick an egg timer on the top of the dash and you can have a kitchen in the speedo, i was thinking more heinz logo or r whites lemonade than a-team. (food and drink on the brain!)

If you look at photo 1 above, it is a clear illustration of why the stock dash never was much cop. Its a complete dirt trap and I've had a few times when the only way I've been able to clean it properly was to strip clocks/electrics from back and dunk the whole thing in suds. It really is a terrible design and should have had a complete perspex cover across the front to seal it.

That said, I'm determined to have a go at fitting the polo genesis clocks now.



The difficulty for anyone who has observed this is the dash pod is curved at the top and straight at the bottom but I think its possible to set the clocks back a fraction and still clear the master cylinder behind. The genesis clocks whilst analogue are relatively slim and have the rev counter and water/oil temperature. The speedo is a little over ambitious and would need calibrating but the module is roughly in keeping with the period whilst offering all the bits needed.

The other way I know of although more involved is the Passat TDI semi-digital conversion:





Clearly master cylinder poses some problems. How it was done: http://members.shaw.ca/McTavishPac/cluster/cluster.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

this is now affectionately known as the "fido dash". also, featuring "tell the time" with tim. (i had one of those).