Hodge's new 4.2

PS: I'm a fan of the VDO gauges, super easy to ready, accurate, relatively cheap by comparison and easy on the eyes of a night time.

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VDO do a great gauge Im just about to buy a LHS pillar pod, give the passenger something to do.
same as moving the UHF mike to the LHS, passenger can talk while I do the driving.
Pretty sure you can talk on a UHF around the burbs, unless they have changed the law.
Looking good, great fun kitting out a 4x4 especially if funds allow

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Originally Posted by Rocket55

volume of vacuum (haha how's that for an oxymoron)

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I like it lol.

I thought it was a charcoal canister for some reason, as it had that oily/diesel feel and smell to it ??? Anyways if it is just a vacuum thing makes it easier to re-arrange them. Might get longer hoses and re-located further away then thought.

Cheers for that.

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PS: I'm a fan of the VDO gauges, super easy to ready, accurate, relatively cheap by comparison and easy on the eyes of a night time.

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Will definitely have a look at these. I wonder if they make a digital/numerical version...

Edit: Yes they do.

Don't the digital ones flicker too much,
well that was what I was led to believe

Congrats mate,

I'm still trying to figure out how I missed such a find (TD42T with low kays and Series 4 body) Its a shame such a truck was hijacked to Vic :clapping:

Anyway enjoy the rig.

Cheers

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Congrats mate,

I'm still trying to figure out how I missed such a find (TD42T with low kays and Series 4 body) Its a shame such a truck was hijacked to Vic :clapping:

Anyway enjoy the rig.

Cheers

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Thanks mate. Yeah it was something I was "hoping" to find in the future... But some circumstances changed and this one popped up I had to jump at it. Very happy so far. And yeah was more than happy to claim it and bring to Vic :D

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It's a vacuum canister isn't it, to give more volume of vacuum (haha how's that for an oxymoron) for the brake and clutch booster???

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Confirmed vaccum canister. Took one hose off and sounded like a Dyson for a few seconds... and then silence. lol Hope I got some brakes now.

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PS: I'm a fan of the VDO gauges, super easy to ready, accurate, relatively cheap by comparison and easy on the eyes of a night time.

http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9hdewjyy.jpg

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Rod, would you happen to have a pic of the wiring on the back of the EGT gauge?
I've just bought the same secondhand but with no fitting instructions and the red twin core VDO thermocouple extension wire was cut off so has no terminals attached. I'm assuming it just uses the standard crimp on 6.4mm flat connectors.
Cheers..

I don't have a pic, but there's 4 standard male terminals on there. Power +Ve and -Ve, EGT probe +Ve and -Ve. Pretty sure they are all clearly marked. Then you also got the light which is self explanatory.

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