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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: 92EcoDiesel Jetta on December 05, 2012, 12:14:19 pm
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These are the replacement clocks I have availablke now that the clock in the Caddy's cluster has been replaced with a W terminal tach. I will be installing it in the storage tray location in the pic with a panel that I'll have to make, maybe add a volt meter and oil pressure gauge also. The VDO analog quartz clock draws about 2 to 3 ma. The digital clock is from a CE1 gasser cluster and I am not not what it draws (have not measured it yet) but my guess is it draws less than 2 ma. So the question is which clock should I install?
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Analog. MK1s shouldn't be "digital"
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The better VDO one. You never have to hit a button or a key to make it go on, you can see it from a lot more directions and it is more in tune with the car. At least that is what I would do. I really like the 2 inch ones. If I didn't have a working clock in the dash of the MK1 I would have to find some room for that. Pillar Pod?
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if radio has clock skip... else round dog pantng sounding one..
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VDO FTW. Sweep-seconds rule.
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You can use the digital,but only if you do a mk2 dash swap :)
if you have an extra hole to fill,use itif ya want but id shelf it myself.i got a few and they are easily damaged like mine.get another guage,like an inches of water guage and use it for air filter restriction or somethin :)
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I'm with everybody else on the analog clock. The digital clock seems too out of place IMO.
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Yeah I agree that the analog clock is more appropriate. Since I will eventually install a radio with bluetooth which will have a clock in it, the analog clock will not really be necessary. So I may skip installing it altogether and spend my efforts elsewhere. I was thinking of an oil pressure gauge but question its real usefulness in saving the engine when it runs low on oil pressure. What I really want is a low oil pressure alarm that sounds a loud buzzer so I have a chance to catch it in time.
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Put an oil gauge in there and don't worry about the buzzer. After a while you will become accustomed to watching the gauge at startup, when the engine is in the normal operational range and at all RPM's in-between. You will memorize the oil pressure at 35, 55 and 65 mph and when you come off a long drive you will shove in the clutch and watch the pressure drop to the lowest level it should. HOT Idle after long run. Another number you will come to be familiar with.
Get in the habit of checking your oil when you fill up. That is what was the intended method and you will always know the level and which way it is going. Flipping your hood up at a service station is a badge of honor now. Girls will flock around your car as you amaze them with the simple extraction of a long stiff thing and you inspect it accordingly. Who knows you might get to do theirs.