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• Re: Fuel pressure too high
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Mon, 5 Mar 2018 07:39:04 -0800
  ...So if the engine > stumbles or stops, quickly look at the tachometer. > > If the tach needle drops like a stone instead of following the...
• Re: Dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Nov 2014 18:54:18 -0500
  ...Dashboard lights Hi all, about a week a go I lost the use of the two lights which illuminate the speedometer and tachometer from...
• Re: Idle stabilizer question--1.9
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:26:16 -0400
  At 04:46 PM 9/16/2012, Larry Alofs wrote: >Does an idle stabilizer contain some type of tachometer? I understand >that it adjusts...
• Re: Engine Cranks but No Start
  Historical mailing list - JAIME E FORERO
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:56:08 +0000
  ...I've been thinking that maybe the tachometer will not work if the ECU is below this voltage threshold.  Check to see if the...
• Re: clocks
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:57:44 -0500
  ...Actually, most folks replace their massive clock with a tachometer from a later model van. Removal is a simple screw job (pardon), installing the...
• Re: HOW TO make other vw model steering wheels fit the VANAGON (GTI, Scirocco..
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:28:23 EDT
  ...the only disadvantage is the A1/A2 steering wheel is slightly smaller, and blocks off the top part of your speedometer, and tachometer, but...
• Re: What does GL mean?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 01 Apr 1996 06:48:28 GMT
  ...In 85, you >should have a tachometer and power steering as part of the GL package. Just thought you might like to know. Doug...
• one year anniv.
  Historical mailing list - Henning, Eric
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 14:10:36 -0400
  ...filter (no more sputtering up hills) replaced loud ticking clock w/ tachometer out of a Rabbit. Put a green LED in the high beam...
• Re: tach in an 85
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Mon, 6 Jun 2011 13:37:01 -0700
  ...plastic for the clock adjust/reset button to go though. > A tachometer version doesn't have that hole.. Though it wouldn't be too...
• CC speed pickup, stock
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:35:30 -0500
  ...Motor speed via tachometer? Driveshaft rotation? How does it know how "fast" the venerable beast is going? I recently had a miserable experience with...
• Re: Speedometer repairs '84
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 10:23:53 -0500
  ...I upgraded my 82's cluster to an 85 to have the tachometer. I used a small pair of surgical clamps that have a...
• Re: Question about '85s
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 10 Feb 2016 06:40:30 -0800
  ...8, 2016, at 4:36 PM, thewestyman <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET >>>>> <javascript:;>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Is that true that all ‘85 campers has to have ‘tachometer’? >>>>> Zoltan >>>> >
• Re: Transmission slipping?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:11:37 -0700
  ...My tachometer is also very > wacky - sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Read in the archives > that these symptoms might be related...
• 2.1L idles too high - I think I need a new throttle valve.
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 7 Sep 2003 21:20:56 -0700
  ...There is no tachometer in the Single Cab, but I estimate idle was around 2500 rpm before I started messing with it. I corrected...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Printed Cirucit repair
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:58:17 -0700
  ...there the >> main >> plug plugs on. >> >> I have a couple of tachometer printed circuits ( for 84/85 vans ) and a >> spare tach .. >> so I...
• Re: Last call for overheating help
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 07:35:05 -0500
  ...John, check the voltage at the voltage regulator, its behind > the tachometer. It should be 10.5 volts i think. Bentley shows a picture...
• '90 2.1 Syncro: Is my Alternator dying? Rebuild or replace?
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 13:41:24 -0400
  ...This started happening about a week after I replaced my instrument cluster with one from an '88 (or perhaps '89) with a tachometer, which...
• Re: Engine dies, now which distributor?? (long winded)
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:23:46 -0500
  ...Out on a drive, speed about 45 - engine :::dies, :::tachometer goes to 0. This time it would not start, and after ~45 :::minutes :::of...
• Re: Instrument cluster/tachometer UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 18:55:19 EST
  Paul, it sounds like everything is good except that the tach wire is either not there or not hooked up. I would just run...
• Re: first sign of coolant under engine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:12:23 -0400
  ...Drove diligently and slowly, never exceeding 4000rpms (green on tachometer, etc). When I finished the trip and the van was back in the garage...
• FS: '85 vw Quantum GL turbo diesel- $850 (NVC)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 13:22:46 EDT
  ...everything: --------------------------------- Power locks, Power windows Power sunroof. Cruise control. Alloy wheels. Tachometer. Has AC, but seldom needed it in Upstate NY. (Compressor runs, holds...
• Re: Audible Coolant alarm opinions
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 2 Mar 2018 09:13:56 -0800
  ...I can pretty much hear the speed of my engine revs and guess my tachometer. If I get a audible oil temp and presure...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 15:36:21 -0600
  There are three connectors. One is a double unit that can go in only one place. The other two - both female connect to any...
• Re: Engine dies, now which distributor?? (long winded)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:50:54 -0500
  ...The van - 1988 Vanagon GL The symptoms - While driving, engine would cut out / die for a second, tachometer immediately goes to 0. Looked around...
• Re: Hall Sender Connector "Loose"
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:02:44 +0000
  ...Bucking, wacky tachometer, etc. Besides getting a new distributor or just the part with the hall sender (see below), epoxying and electrical tape seems...
• Re: tachometers
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 15:58:02 -0800
  How about for an 84'Westy? Will I have to install tach wiring? Ive got an 84'westy/wolfy instrument cluster w/ tach that...
• Re: Wolfsburg parts into regular Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - John Scheckel
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 21:59:18 -0800
  ...or whether this requires > welding...? > > Also, how about exchanging a Wolfsburg Tachometer for the regular clock? > Is the cable to the engine part of...
• Re: Tachometer woes
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 02:51:56 EST
  In a message dated 99-11-29 15:32:12 EST, you write: > Anyone have any ideas? > Yeah. slap the dash again. Ok I...
• Re: air-cooled newbie
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Mon, 6 Dec 1999 11:01:32 +0200
  ...My suggestions would be to add an oil temp gauge (lets you know if your working the engine too hard), a tachometer (I always...
• Re: best tach
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 16:57:34 -0800
  ...Ive searched under "Instrument panel" "Tachometer" "RPM Guage" and Ive only found this bit of info which contradicts what most people are saying that...
• Re: GoWesty's Instrument Cluster Circuit Board?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 1 Dec 2014 14:18:41 -0600
  ...id=24189 > > It's a bit spendy at $280 for the tachometer version, but my foil already has a very fragile repair, so I...
• Re: speed sensor (subie conversion question)
  Historical mailing list - Paul G
  Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:07:21 -0700
  ...Monday, July 6, 2009, 11:09 PM After having a rebuilt transmission put in last Thursday, I noticed that my tachometer does not go...
• Re: Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:28:31 -0700
  ...driver output goes > in parallel to the dashbord to drive the tachometer, Before taking this signal to your counter you will need some RC...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 15:25:56 -0600
  <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: rgb(0, 0, 0); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><DIV>&nbsp;Just because it is a Bosch coil...
• Engine RPM (Re: Squeaky brakes)
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Sedgmen
  Fri, 9 Feb 96 09:32:12 EST
  ...If anyone out there has >installed a tachometer maybe you could give me an idea. ><snip> You can easily work out what rpm your...
• Re: Rolling right along on my 'new' block (inline VW swap into Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:12:14 -0700
  ...It's more involved to install wiring-wise, though. � And you lose your tachometer( I haven't had a tachometer since my Digifant 1...
• Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 4 Jan 2008 20:33:51 -0500
  ...So I kept watch on the tachometer to get an idea of how bad the problem was... it seemed to vary a bit, lighting...
• Re: first sign of coolant under engine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:07:11 +0000
  ...I drove the van up Pikes Peak today - 14 110 feet. > Drove > diligently and slowly, never exceeding 4000rpms (green on > tachometer, etc). > When I...
• Re: Stall Speed Question
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:35:57 -0500
  ...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: Right turn into driveway kills engine (1.9L '84 2-WD)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:32:38 -0700
  ...28 AM, John Lauterbach wrote: > Hello Scott: > > Yes, I have a tachometer (updated instrument cluster). Yes, it is a > slow kill, not instant off...
• Re: Troubleshooting Blinking LED
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 2 May 2014 21:04:42 -0400
  ...Claim to fit some particular year but should work fine in any panel with a tachometer. The gauge sender didn't change from year...
• Buck/Surge symptom at highway speeds??
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Mon, 17 Dec 2001 10:32:54 -0800
  ...Only other things Ive done recently is rewire the tachometer and replace the battery - both the night before the symptoms started. I know my...
• 85 GL with basic westy interior FS $1800
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:41:38 -0400
  ...120mph speedometer and tachometer instrument cluster VDO Oil pressure gauge Basic Westfalia interior, rear cabinets (the big door one), folding bed with mattress over...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 14:20:43 -0500
  ...Connectors [Uses Original Fuel Injectors] >> New Coils [Coil On Plug Design] >> Tachometer Adapter >> New Oxygen Sensor >> A/C Connector >> New Throttle Position Sensor >> Rebuilt...
• FS: 85 GL with basic Westy interior
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Wed, 3 Jul 2002 15:45:14 -0400
  ...120mph speedometer and tachometer instrument cluster VDO Oil pressure gauge Basic Westfalia interior, rear cabinets (the big door one), folding bed with mattress over...
• Re: Dash Panel interchange.
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:33:14 -0800
  ...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: more x-refs for my 851.9L parts inventory
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:29:42 -0800
  ...Diesels use the "W" lead for engine rpm data for the tachometer and/or upshift indicator. Gasoline models don't care if the "W...
• Re: Tach Installation??
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 30 Apr 2000 15:29:40 -0400
  ...Tach Installation?? > Recently picked up my new (1982) Westy and the previous owner was kind enough to supply a euro intrument cluster with tachometer...
• Re: FS 84GL auto w/sunroof in Boston area.
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 09:10:36 -0700
  ...Replaced > instrument cluster with new style > pod with tachometer. Van looks nice, runs great. > Clean interior, no rips or > stains on upholstery. The huge...
• Re: Tachless Vanagons (1984)
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 16:59:08 -0800
  ...has a large clock in place of something useful, like the tachometer that > I'll bet most of you have. Living without one for...
• Re: (1984) What Exactly Did the Wolfsberg Edition Designate?
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 00:30:12 -0800
  ...Manual / "Wolfsberg Edition" The "Wolfsberg Edition" supplement describes the following items: Tachometer Clock Vanity Mirror Reading Light (over glove box) Middle Bench Seat (which...
• Re: CIS Puzzler (Jetta content only)
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 10:34:14 -0500
  ...CIS Puzzler (Jetta content only) > > > When I time everything up (using a timing light and tachometer) according > to > the marks on the flywheel (which...
• Re: Stalling 1.9l Digijet
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:39:02 -0800
  ...I get a blip on > the tachometer, usually a red light (battery/alt) and it stalls. Cold > starts require some fancy footing to keep...
• Transmission slipping?
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Thu, 19 Sep 2002 20:07:11 -0400
  ...My tachometer is also very wacky - sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Read in the archives that these symptoms might be related...
• Re: Transmission slipping?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:32:18 -0700
  ...My tachometer is also very >> wacky - sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Read in the archives >> that these symptoms might be related...
• ALH TDI Anti-theft questions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 22:40:34 -0800
  ...Answer is tachometer. Today I have been told by a fellow who installed a 2001 New Beetle TDI motor into his Rabbit PU that...
• instruments, interviews
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Feb 1995 13:41:09 -0800
  ...it really work? How does it work? And, of course, a tachometer. I figure this can go in the blanked hole the factory provided...
• Re: Speedometer repairs '84
  Historical mailing list - Dale G.
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 12:13:10 -0800
  ...I upgraded my 82's cluster to an 85 to > have the tachometer. > > I used a small pair of surgical clamps that have a...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 8 Dec 2021 17:02:08 -0800
  aha... the speedometer on my van works well above 50°F (10°C)... under that it won't work, so I have to give...
• Re: Cruise Control Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 17:30:30 -0700
  ...Motor speed via tachometer? Driveshaft >rotation? >How does it know how "fast" the venerable beast is going? I recently had a >miserable experience with...