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• Wet weather power loss
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:32:50 -0400
  ...I am trying to understand the relationship between the tachometer display and the loss of power and the physical devices in the ignition system...
• Re: '84: Tach? Seat Belt Buzzer?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:37:52 -0700
  ...I first start the engine. Belt buzzer, key buzzer, headlights buzzer. Tachometer looks standard, but I've not looked at a lot of Westies...
• Re: Thanks for the help
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:10:53 -0700
  ...was looking for from my wife was any change in the tachometer > when the bucking happened. > She noticed no change in the tach, no...
• Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's normal again.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:48:03 -0500
  ...That happened to me once, tachometer drop and all. -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '89 Po' White Star...
• '84 1.9L 2-WD -- cold start problems still the same after new O2-sensor, new Temp II sensor, and new plugs
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:43:56 -0400
  ...Engine starts and goes to around 800 rpm (instrument panel tachometer). If slight pressure put on accelerator pedal to take rpm to 1500 or...
• Re: syncro feedback
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 17:13:11 -0500
  ...a spare!! Just start to save some money for transmission, brakes, tachometer, alignment, clutch, exhaust.... Good luck, Yi-Ruey Wei 87 Vanagon GL Syncro...
• Re: Clock doesn't work after radio repair
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:16:33 -0800
  ...Also, the tachometer varies it's > readings, sometimes reading as much as 1K low! I looked at the connectors > in the Syncro, and ended...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:03:28 -0700
  ...a dwell meter with electronic ignition of > course. > > > as for a tachometer... > > > if it's about adjusting idle rpm say .. > > > not really important to...
• Low Mileage '87 Westy For Sale in Seatle
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:52:00 -0700
  ...71356 miles Captain's chairs that turn all the way around Tachometer Runs great Maintenance/repair: Have all receipts for work - most recent done...
• odd stalling/rich running
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:31:41 -0500
  ...The sound changes from the sound of a healthy engine pumping along, to dead silence (which shocks me everytime i see the Tachometer still...
• 2.1 exhaust flex, litter box
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 21:49:41 -0400
  ...It also has lots of other useful stuff like nice upholstery, good tires and wheel covers, a working ignition lock, screens, tachometer dash, rear...
• Tacho installation: wiring
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 2 May 2000 10:24:40 +1200
  I wonder why Americans call a speedometer a "speedo" but shorten tachometer to "tach"? I have an instrument cluster en route from the Bus...
• Re: top speed?
  Historical mailing list - Rodrigo Bonilla Soto (Direcspicer)
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 10:54:52 -0600
  ...I drive my 82 Vanagon at 90MPH, in this speed the speed controler system start to work, my vanagon don�t have tachometer DO...
• Re: Tachometer retrofit: 85 to 86 (Long Message)
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 09:22:25 -0400
  ...The circuit foil had no facility to mount the Tachometer So... What to do??? 1.I too had them both side-by-side deciding...
• Electrical question (Coil terminals)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:32:36 -0700
  ...I am looking for a place to get a signal to my tachometer. Which of the terminals is the "Low Voltage" or the "Neg...
• Re: Last call for overheating help
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:10:26 -0400
  ...John, check the voltage at the voltage regulator, its behind the tachometer. It should be 10.5 volts i think. Bentley shows a picture...
• Re: Tachometer in a weekender?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:45:55 +0000
  If we're talking swapping a later model cluster with a tach into an earlier model, I've done it on both an '84...
• Re: FS: '90 wolfsburg Syncro TDI
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:20:52 -0800
  ...This includes a fully rebuilt TDI engine (1Z/AHU), rebuilt/re-geared transmission (1.14 3rd, .77 4th), cruise control, tachometer, Scan Gauge II...
• Re: How much oil to use in a Vanagon TDI application?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 22:06:26 EDT
  ...3.) Connect up tachometer to diesel. Use W terminal on Alternator or equivalent approach to measure idle rpm. 4.) Add oil in 0.2...
• Re: Warning light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 4 Nov 2014 18:23:03 -0500
  ...The warning light that goes off is located in the tachometer not the speedometer area. I would think that red light has to do...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Reverse Engineering
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 13:11:02 -0500
  ...Your tachometer uses a pulse per unit >time to voltage conversion no digital stuff here nor D-A conversion. So if >the transfer function...
• Re: Van Sale
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 25 Jul 2013 13:08:38 -0700
  ...Model with all the extras..Power steering, tachometer, AC , Z bed rear seat. Only one dent on the front that barely shows. Original paint...
• 1984 Westfalia camper van for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Gibbs
  Fri, 30 Aug 2019 00:57:32 +0000
  ...or AC electric AC electric hookup does work Needs new antenna Fuel level and tachometer dash dials erratic(bad/loose connection up under dash)
• Idle stabilizer question--1.9
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:46:07 -0400
  ...Does an idle stabilizer contain some type of tachometer? I understand that it adjusts the idle speed by adjusting the ignition timing slightly. Does...
• Re: [SPAM] Re: Tach goes down, engine cuts out, then back again ...
  Historical mailing list - Resiolute
  Mon, 2 Oct 2006 13:49:42 -0700
  ...t tell him what it can cause it. >> He says, the tachometer drops, the engine cuts out, than back again. So, >> he can't...
• Re: Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:58:05 +0200
  ...driver output goes > in parallel to the dashbord to drive the tachometer, but also to the > main fusebox to two vacant relay positions (2...
• Stall Speed Question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:15:55 -0800
  ...I can get my mitts on a known-to-be-good tachometer to sort out possible instrumentation error. Second thing I'm going to...
• Re: Dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 07:16:35 -0400
  ...the use of the two lights which illuminate the >> speedometer and tachometer from the top of the dash-board - all other >> dash lights work...
• Re: d24t volkswagen diesel
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:07:59 -0700
  ...anyone familiar with this engine? myself and buddy mechanic cannot for the life of us find where the tachometer is being picked up. mechanic...
• Re: Dash Panel interchange.
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 27 Feb 2001 09:41:25 -0500
  ...The thing I liked was that it has a > tachometer <drool> > > Mine is a 1981 air cooled, this one is an 85 waterbox. I...
• Re: Apostrophes & spelling - RPMs? not
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Sat, 26 May 2001 11:30:20 -0500
  ...Unless you wish to hook up a Tachometer to you wall clock, then we COULD have a problem. About as handy as locating gas...
• Re: cruising speed and MPG
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 05:23:02 -0500
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Dennis Haynes wrote: > Do you have a tachometer? If yes, assuming stock tires and gears, 3800 rpm > is...
• Re: Warning Lights Audible Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 25 May 2010 11:06:25 -0700
  ...Engineer speaking). > Better than a delay would be to monitor the tachometer pulse and only fire the buzzer if there's tach activity and...
• Re: TACH SIGNAL-Please elaborate
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 11:25:39 -0800
  ...I just replace the standard clock-with-the-hands with the tachometer and connect a single wire as you specify? What, then, would power...
• Re: Red dots on speedo (was some other thread about fuel gauges)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:19:59 -0400
  ...Rocket (?lettuce?) ;-) > > "Not understood by me" not-equals "arbitrary." I rather suspect those > are approximate redlines for the non-tachometer manual transmission crowd. > > Yrs...
• Re: Right turn into driveway kills engine (1.9L '84 2-WD)
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:28:48 -0400
  ...Yes, I have a tachometer (updated instrument cluster). Yes, it is a slow kill, not instant off. Yesterday afternoon, I took the entrance to...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 11:17:59 -0800
  ...Connectors [Uses Original Fuel Injectors] >> New Coils [Coil On Plug Design] >> Tachometer Adapter >> New Oxygen Sensor >> A/C Connector >> New Throttle Position Sensor >> Rebuilt...
• Dash Panel interchange.
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 26 Feb 2001 17:23:51 -0700
  ...The thing I liked was that it has a tachometer <drool> Mine is a 1981 air cooled, this one is an 85 waterbox. I...
• Re: 85 Steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:50:20 EST
  ...Made me wonder if that's why VW incorporated the large green "triangle" in the tachometer so when you couldn't see the RPM...
• Re: 85+ tach in 84 Westfalia clock module?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 Oct 2002 01:41:54 -0500
  At 12:44 AM 10/29/2002, portrez wrote: >I hate not having a tachometer in my '84 Westy. Can the '85 and later...
• Re: first sign of coolant under engine
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:18:20 EDT
  ...Drove diligently and slowly, never exceeding 4000rpms (green on tachometer, etc). When I finished the trip and the van was back in the garage...
• Electrical Failures
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 May 2011 11:00:06 -0500
  ...Front Heater Blower Fan - inop Rear Heater Blower Fan - inop Wipers - Front and Rear - inop Windshield Spray Pumps - inop Cruise Control - inop Tachometer - inop...
• Re: Help, late model instument cluster in '82 van
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:39:00 -0700
  ...engine > was missing), however it had an instrument cluster with a > tachometer, so it > suited my needs until I realized that the speedo connection...
• Re: O2-sensor results with digital voltmenter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:04:49 -0800
  ...what's that about ? do you have a tachometer in the dash ? is it a 'fast/hard' shut off .. or a slowish soft one...
• Where does the power mirror switch go?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Jul 1997 23:28:57 -0700
  ...4,5,6, and 8 cylinder Tachometer for the same Diode check 200 ohm, 20k, 200k ohms and 20 megaohm 2, 20 and 200...
• Re: Gas tachometer in a Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 20:42:22 EST
  In a message dated 2/11/02 3:57:13 PM Pacific Standard Time, jbrush@AROS.NET writes: << Yes. First, send the message back...
• Re: Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:38:15 -0700
  ...driver output goes > in parallel to the dashbord to drive the tachometer, but also to the > main fusebox to two vacant relay positions (2...
• Re: Improvement or desecration?
  Historical mailing list - John Tullier
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 14:34:14 -0800
  ...cut > dash to fit that new CD player or a gigantic > tachometer crammed into the > dash? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing...
• Re: Door Speakers, Cleaning Inst. Panel
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 12:38:49 -0400
  ...Then unplug the speedometer cable from the speedometer and unplug the wiring harness plug from the rear of the tachometer. Undo the four screws...
• Re: Bus Depot Instrument Cluster Replacement
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 09:41:05 -0400
  > I recently bought a metric instrument cluster with tachometer > from Bus Depot which I understood could be a straight replacement for the non > tacho...
• Re: safe RPM
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 15:36:29 -0400
  In the past a number of people who have oil temp gauges, and/or oil pressure gauges, and tachometers have noted that right at...
• Re: Old Volks Home Cluster Retrofit Question
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:36:06 -0400
  ...speedometer on one > side, > tachometer on the other. > > John > > > On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 13:56 -0700, Jeff Davis wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > This...
• Re: [DIESEL] Diesel Vanagon Tachometer-Yes!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 24 May 2000 05:51:01 -0700
  Yes, this is a good point, but I avoided it by using parts from an 85 Vanagon cluster. Neither it nor my 82 Vanagon...
• Re: source for cheap aftermarket tach
  Historical mailing list - GEORGE J GREEN
  Sat, 9 Oct 2004 15:03:27 -0400
  ...Has anybody seen a cheap tachometer at another retailer that they can recommend? Edward </BODY
• Re: didijet tool
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 19:16:07 -0500
  ...Darrell suggested I use my tachometer twitch for the coil pulse indication, he had reports of using a LED on it had caused the...
• Re: Dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 16:37:06 -0800
  ...Reach down under the tachometer. Hmm. so there are supposed to be lights in the heater/defroster controls? Imagine that! These past years with...
• Re: Late model instrument cluster in '85 and earlier - Clarification needed
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:20:46 -0800
  ...to keep > oil pressure buzzer from sounding and to handle the tachometer. Now there > is apparently another step that I should have taken as...
• Re: Gas tachometer in a Diesel
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:53:23 -0700
  >I am looking at replacing the instrument panel in my �82 D-Westy with a >later model gas one. My main reason is to...
• Re: Clutch cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 11:45:30 -0500
  ...I reached deep down and threw another $100.00 at this 66 Westy in the form of a tachometer and a new Bug Pack...
• Re: Inline Fuel Temp?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:03:47 -0800
  ...4 Cylinder Temp Gauges (1 for each dedicated cylinder/temp sensor), Tachometer, Oil Pressure Gauge, Fuel Pressure Gauge, Ammeter, Voltmeter, Altitude Gauge, Outside Temp...