boost gauge...erm i need a sender

[steveo3002]

i bought a vdo boost guage from german ebay , my translation skills forgot to notice it needs a sender unit to operate

cant seem to find much online telling me what i need and the vdo ones are like £60

any ideas what would work or not?

[MattYorke]

The vdo boost gauge I have uses one of these....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

[steveo3002]

MattYorke said:

The vdo boost gauge I have uses one of these....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

yeah i assumed this would...it needs an electrical input ..grrrrrrr

[SirSamuelOfBuca]

U can lead wires to it no problem with some wire and black tape.

[steveo3002]

this isnt going so well.....

i dont have a sender to wire it to , vdo ones are very expensive

im asking is there an alternate sender i can use for cheap