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Krautbucket

Anybody know what this gas guage is from ?
« on: October 25, 2008, 02:17:31 PM »
Ive got an old gas guage that I found in my VW stuff , it looks similar to an oval gas guage but has chrome outer ring that is curved on its backside to fit a curved dashboard , I've never seen one like this before . Anybody know what its off of ?

thanks for any help .

sorry the last 2 pictures are such a large file size , I dont know what happened .


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Re: Anybody know what this gas guage is from ?
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2008, 02:53:46 PM »
I think it is a split bus gauge,
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Re: Anybody know what this gas guage is from ?
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2008, 03:29:15 PM »
my 64 ghia has one like that
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Re: Anybody know what this gas guage is from ?
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2008, 04:09:15 PM »
looks like from a ghia...
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Re: Anybody know what this gas guage is from ?
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2008, 04:38:40 PM »
Show's you what I know!
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Re: Anybody know what this gas guage is from ?
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2008, 12:13:42 AM »
I thought it might be a ghia guage too but all the ones I see on the samba have a flat  or flush mounting ring surface like the one below so I am still puzzled .I have seen similar guages but not any with made to fit a curved surface .


http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=584835
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Re: Anybody know what this gas guage is from ?
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2008, 01:01:41 AM »
thats a bus guage to fit the contour of the dash
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Re: Anybody know what this gas guage is from ?
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2008, 10:12:34 AM »
Told Ya!! ;D
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Re: Anybody know what this gas guage is from ?
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2008, 10:34:39 AM »
Well , before I even posted this question , I did a lot of looking around to see what this guage was from , I thought a ghia or a bus too , but I believe the back side of this thing has a sharper or harder curve than a type 2 bus , and I have a link below that someone on the samba is selling bus & ghis guages as the same thing , I've looked at pictures and the bus guage sits on a fairly flat slightly curved radiused surface so I am still not positive at to what its from . does anybody have a close up of an early type 2 gas guage installed or not ? Sorry to be so annoying about this but I've looked high and low and have not seen another like this one , maybe I'm just looking in all the wrong places .

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=514423

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Re: Anybody know what this gas guage is from ?
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2008, 11:40:29 AM »
LOOK AT THE BACK IT WILL BE DATED AND SAY 6V OR 12v and will have part # ON IT

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Re: Anybody know what this gas guage is from ?
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2008, 12:20:22 PM »
Bus.

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Re: Anybody know what this gas gauge is from ?
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2008, 01:46:04 PM »
The ink date is to light to read , but it is 6 volt ,the stampings are the same as other guages I've had before , I don't see a part number per se , just a 6V 2/66 which is on most guages and a 21/18 , I guess it must be a bus gauge but all the bus gauges I have seen in the past are the same a beetle gauges .

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Re: Anybody know what this gas guage is from ?
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2008, 09:53:09 PM »
Dwayne,
Look what I found*
:http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=438001

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Re: Anybody know what this gas gauge is from ?
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2008, 11:25:08 PM »
, I don't see a part number .

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Re: Anybody know what this gas guage is from ?
« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2008, 10:31:35 AM »
Shawn ,

that guage is similar but still does not have the same suround as mine does and that one sits flat against the dash .


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Re: Anybody know what this gas guage is from ?
« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2008, 02:17:51 PM »
Well I never could find a part number on this gauge but it looks like the bus people win this debate . It does in fact appear to be a split bus fuel gauge . I found a guy selling this exact gauge on the Samba . And its the same exact part number as Bruce posted . Thanks for all the input .


http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=616012
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