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me and james had a chat about this a while ago - but does anyone know why the redline is soo different on the vdo/smiths gauges?
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Nessy-'86 340GL-foggy's! Grace-'86 360GLT-gone!
Swapsea-'89 360GLT-swapped!
Leah-'84 340GL-sold! Maisie-'85 340GL-sold!
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Nessy-'86 340GL-foggy's! Grace-'86 360GLT-gone!
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I have a spare Smiths Rev Counter. The wiring for these things is dead easy: 12+ and Ground for the gauge electronics, then the 'signal' line comes from the negative side of the coil.
I have found out why it has the 7500 redline....The Bxx (high friction redblocks) - in this case the B19 - had a much stronger bottom end than the later B2xx (low friction redblocks), and could happily rev towards 8000rpm.
cheers
James
I have found out why it has the 7500 redline....The Bxx (high friction redblocks) - in this case the B19 - had a much stronger bottom end than the later B2xx (low friction redblocks), and could happily rev towards 8000rpm.
cheers
James
VOC 300-series Register Keeper
'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...
'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...
ooh i forgot - i've non-volvo wipers on mine too - some rather nice ones with 2 spoilers, which are unfortunatly a bit smaller than the volvo ones, so i cant see outta the top of my screen
Siddy-'87 360 Glt lhd convertible
Swapsea-'89 360GLT-swapped!
Leah-'84 340GL-sold! Maisie-'85 340GL-sold!
Snowy-'88 360GLE-killed by a truck! Dougle-'89 360GLT-dead&stolen!
Nessy-'86 340GL-foggy's! Grace-'86 360GLT-gone!
Swapsea-'89 360GLT-swapped!
Leah-'84 340GL-sold! Maisie-'85 340GL-sold!
Snowy-'88 360GLE-killed by a truck! Dougle-'89 360GLT-dead&stolen!
Nessy-'86 340GL-foggy's! Grace-'86 360GLT-gone!