Hi Ian
Thanks, it was your engine bay dimensions that suggested that it was going to be possible in my Cabrio. And like yours I have trimmed the elbow back as far as possible. One thing that did help was to put a cable tie around the two hoses that come up into the elbow ports and slightly pull them from below back towards the car, which created the last few mm of clearance.
I may even move my engine mounts over by 10mm towards the offside, as I have much more space on that side (all of 20mm!)
I received my VDO guage some time ago - I bought a special from Caerbont (they make the Smiths Classic range) which is a VDO guage to match a BMW sender, but with the Classic face and bezel.
I have not calibrated it, but guess I should so that I can have some confidence in it.
Thanks for your help with both.
Mike
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