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Just had a thought aftter a friend picked up some 356 guages cheap - as a few of you might know 356 Tachos are driven by a special oilpump, My question is has anyone ever fitted one of the porsche 356 oilpumps in a Type1 VW case  ??? ??? ???

Also anyone happen to know where you can get the drive cables ??? ??? ???

(and I don't want anyone telling me to fit a 356 motor  ;))

you might get away with fitting a '65 912 engine then  ::) ;)

as we say in england - YOU PLONKER!!!!! ;) :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

But really has anyone ever done this conversion???

I think the bolt pattern is the same, but not sure about the drive gear. Here is a link to new cables.
http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/smart/more_info.cgi?pn=644-741-311-01-M74&catalog_description=Tachometer%20Cable%2C%20%33%35%36B%2F%33%35%36C%2C%20%28%31%39%36%30%2D%36%34%29%20 (http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/smart/more_info.cgi?pn=644-741-311-01-M74&catalog_description=Tachometer%20Cable%2C%20%33%35%36B%2F%33%35%36C%2C%20%28%31%39%36%30%2D%36%34%29%20)

Should have known those guys would have it  ;)

I guess it just a case of getting a 356 pump and doo some measuring :)

Anyone got one laying around ???

Some guy you never heard of named Darrell Vittone did it in a 1967 drag Beetle with "Race Shop" painted on the doors !
 ;D

Huh????? You don't mean the Race Shop slalom car, I think that has porsche gauges  :-\

Make your life easier and get a 912 electric tach, you can find them at affordable prices.

darrell who ???.................. ;D ;D

and which car  ::) ::)........................ ;D ;D
darrell used an stewart warner  mechanical tacho , not a porsche one

 ;)

now I got ya  ;) :)

For some reason I thought he used a 356 oil pump to power  that tach.
I was just going to break out that article to make sure Fabian.
 :)

rich they' said in the article that the engine was the same as the 850 raceshop , and in the articles with the 850 , they talk about a nikerson oil pump
 ;)
fabs

To take a slightly different tangent - has anyone ever had gauges rebuilt/converted to electronic ???

I did read that some feature car (volksworld I think :-\)
the guy had converted his old speedwell gauges over to modern internal - maybe simon fox, resto cal  :-\ :-\

Any thoughts :)

Have you seen the exhaust port design...  :o :o

angle flow based on a stock head, not bad for 1974...

(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=10453.0;attach=35171;image)

I wonder how the header sealed to the head ???

come on guys - start your own thread  >:( ;)

Let get back to MY oil pump/tacho drive question :)

It says the exhaust sticks in to the head.
Sorry monki ;D

 ::) even the moderators are thread jumpin now - what chance do I have  :D :D :D

Looks like a normal electric tacho is your only option really  ;D

I guess the other alternative is to find a cheap electronic tach where the needle starts and stops in a similar position to the porsche one, and either swap the internals into the porsche one, or swap the porsche face into the cheap one? Someone must have done this in the history of hot rod building at some point?! here is someone else asking the same question, and kind of an answer.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=82077&highlight=gauge+face

Cheers dude - Like I mentioned before, Anyone know more about Simon Fox (converted speedwell gauges) ???

you might have to pay a visit to those characters on restowagen, I think you could find him on there?

http://www.nhspeedometer.com/

These guys will convert your buddys tacho.

;D

WISE ASS!!!  ::) :D

Yeah he is isn't he  ;)

 :o ;D ;D ;D

Why are you stuck on using a cable drive tach? Just curious...

not really stuck - its just cos the original gauges my friend brought are originally cable driven, it would be nice to keep them original :)

Late 356C's had electronic tachs from the factory. Here's a pic of the one I'm using in my split. Took a while to find in decent condition at a reasonable price, but a whole lot easier to deal with than the older mechanical ones.
Not that it helps you convert the one you have available...  ;)

Hmm that looks interesting - looks very similar to the one we have, you see my friend buys things THEN asks me questions  ::) ;) :)