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• aftermarket tach
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Edwards
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 10:21:56 -0600
  Why would VW start installing tachometer's in '85 full campers, but not the Wolfsburg weekenders?? I'm lucky enough to have an '85...
• Re: Tachometer retrofit: 85 to 86 (Long Message)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mundy
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 22:59:54 +1000
  ...The circuit foil had no facility to mount the Tachometer So... What to do??? 1.I too had them both side-by-side deciding...
• Re: Oil Pressure Buzzer? After Tach Wiring.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Wed, 18 May 2005 12:12:50 -0500
  ...which >both >had the 1.9L and I believe had the tachometer as an option. So there was >the >"optional" curcuit board available which...
• Re: What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is a Weekender?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:13:08 -0400
  ...interior, rear sofa bed with storage compartment underneath made by Westfalia, >tachometer and dig.clock, fixed middle seat, snap on curtain set, and "jail...
• Re: What is rpm @ 70 mph?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 17 Oct 1997 14:53:51 -0400
  ...for the tackometer, you can get an instrument panel from an '85 vanagon because it has a tachometer standard. good luck. Sudhir H. Desai...
• 1990 GL seater for sale
  Historical mailing list - Rob & Lrae Winterkorn
  Wed, 10 May 2000 11:13:20 -0500
  ...Jetta tachometer KYB's all around last year New brakes F&R New Cerwin Vega's with a late model VW Heidelberg anti-theft...
• Re: Tachometer woes continued...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 9 Dec 2001 18:04:40 -0800
  That wire is likely your problem. What year and model do you have? The 86 and newer models all have the tach wire from...
• Re: Audible Coolant alarm opinions
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 2 Mar 2018 01:47:21 +0000
  ...much hear the speed of my engine revs and guess my tachometer.  If I get a audible oil temp and presure indicator I could...
• Re: Idle stabilizer question--1.9
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:57:24 -0700
  ...bought for parts. > > Does an idle stabilizer contain some type of tachometer? I understand > that it adjusts the idle speed by adjusting the ignition...
• Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's normal again.
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:40:12 -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...
• Re: Tachometer retrofit: 85 to 86 (Long Message)
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Mundy
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 23:17:40 +1000
  ...The circuit foil had no facility to mount the Tachometer So... What to do??? 1.I too had them both side-by-side deciding...
• Re: Speedo Cable question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 1 Mar 2008 20:54:35 -0800
  ...Speedo Cable question So, I have an 81' and I am doing an instrument panel swap so that I have a Tachometer. I have...
• Re: VW quality & Mercedes FI & Japanese FI - was - Massive Maintenance and cost
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:31:25 +0100
  ...Later Lexus installed the tachometer to let the driver to see that the engine had started. My brother owned many MBs. What he is...
• syncro feedback
  Historical mailing list - tonyd
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:20:35 +0000
  ...Is that true or is this a sign of a tranny job? The tachometer doesn't work, but he says that a mechanic (he...
• New Dash Pod/Dynamic Oil Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 09:58:47 EST
  I recently installed the new dash pod with tachometer (purchased from Bus Depot)into my 84GL. The re-wiring instructions recently posted by David...
• Re: Robin's Vanagon Atlantic (?)
  Historical mailing list - OOMKES Robin
  Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:27:48 +0200
  ...battery charger * all the usual full Westy stuff * lit vanity mirror * tachometer and digital clock * captain's chairs with armrests Technical * 70 hp 1...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Reverse Engineering
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 11:53:14 -0800
  ...Your tachometer uses a pulse per unit > >time to voltage conversion no digital stuff here nor D-A conversion. So if > >the transfer function...
• Instrument cluster change
  Historical mailing list - Pablo E. Bonilla Fern�ndez
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:49:37 -0600
  ...The tachometer and the digital clock are also going to be useful. I have found in the archives that it is possible to install...
• Re: Tach goes down, engine cuts out, then back again ...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:29:29 -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 - David Kao
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:05:35 -0700
  ...Just google "digital tachometer". > > Pretty nice, but: > 1. They don't ship worldwide. > 2. I need a tach just for tuning (e.g. adjusting...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:50:38 -0800
  in any case John, find out if the green tack wire is electrically connected to terminal "1" of the coil. On 1/9/2014...
• CIS Puzzler (Jetta content only)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 22:43:51 EST
  ...When I time everything up (using a timing light and tachometer) according to the marks on the flywheel (which I double checked) I have...
• NO VAN-AGONY CONTENT--was VW jetta w/4.6l V8, offroad tires, rear bed flares & a winch
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 4 Mar 1999 15:02:46 -0500
  ...clock, console, > cup holder, carpet, rear deck release, remote gas release, tachometer, > steel wheels, rear window defroster, power antenna, pin striping, dual > mirrors, quality...
• Re: Crazy idea?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:57:53 -0500
  ...cox.net> wrote: > The "W" factor has to do with the tachometer, not the speedo. The speedo > and odometer are driven by a cable...
• Re: Speedometer and 15/65/205 Tires/Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:46:37 -0400
  ...Does your van have a tachometer? If yes then on those tires 3,800 rpm gets you ~68 mph. The speedometer can easily be...
• Re: 2.1L idles too high - I think I need a new throttle valve.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 07:14:04 -0400
  ...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: HOW TO make other vw model steering wheels fit the VANAGON (GTI, Scirocco...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:19:24 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: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:14:10 -0800
  ...Unit I upgraded my Instrument Cluster to an '85 w/Tachometer, my 84 Westy's speedo was way off too and Bentley confirms it...
• Re: Old Volks Home Cluster Retrofit Question
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:06:10 -0700
  ...speedometer on one > > side, > > tachometer on the other. > > > > John >
• Re: 2.1L idles too high - I think I need a new throttle valve.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 7 Sep 2003 22:11:37 -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: Intermittent Tach
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 23 Aug 2017 16:32:04 -0700
  ...At times on the trip I'd look at the tachometer and it would be reading zero. All other instruments were OK. I'd...
• Re: Inline Fuel Temp?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 23:04:14 -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...
• Re: syncro speedo ques
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:53:34 -0800
  ...larger tires this works about perfect! Also, you can grab the tachometer and install that at the same time to have matching fonts and...
• Re: GoWesty's Instrument Cluster Circuit Board?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 1 Dec 2014 15:22:33 -0500
  ...id=24189 >> >> It's a bit spendy at $280 for the tachometer version, but my foil already has a very fragile repair, so I...
• FS 87GL Wolfy Weekender and 84GL
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 9 Apr 2000 21:59:40 EDT
  ...Recently replaced instrument cluster with new style pod with tachometer and dynamic oil pressure system. Van runs great, clean in and out, no body...
• Re: d24t volkswagen diesel
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:14:02 -0600
  ...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: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:16:46 -0700
  ...as for a tachometer... if it's about adjusting idle rpm say .. not really important to have I'd say. the tools I use...
• Re: Clock doesn't work after radio repair
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:44:24 -0500
  ...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: 89 Vanagon with airbags, tilt, leather,and automatic climate control????
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 4 Mar 1999 14:30:46 -0600
  ...clock, console, > cup holder, carpet, rear deck release, remote gas release, tachometer, > steel wheels, rear window defroster, power antenna, pin striping, dual > mirrors, quality...
• Re: Buying a Van
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:41:28 -0700
  ...Since it's a Wolfy, it's late production. > a lot of them have Power Steering and tachometer......and often AC. > Weekenders. <sigh> The...
• Re: Tachometer retrofit: 85 to 86 (Long Message)
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 22:11:36 -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...
• Re: ECU problems? '87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Eubank, Daniel D
  Fri, 29 Oct 1999 08:08:45 -0700
  ...to double fire causing power loss in the engine, and the tachometer needle would swing wildly toward redline. New ECU solved the problem. Daniel...
• some more Hemmings: parts and stuff
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 08 Jul 95 12:52:45 CDT
  ...Europarts (619) 451-0020 (CA) VDO instrumentation, gauges, speedometer, tachometer restored, recalibrated, repaired; specializing in electronic instrument clusters with digital odometers, km/mile conversions...
• Re: Help, late model instument cluster in '82 van
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:18:06 -0800
  ...clock, other stuff) as it changed when it went to the tachometer style. There is a plethora of info in the archives on this...
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:29:50 -0700
  ...the tachometer works again !!! It turns out that one one the female spades in the white connector doesn't stay in place when I...
• Re: tachometer light fixture has been removed
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 07:49:24 -0700
  The little dash light bulbs are a GENERIC part for many Audi, BMW, VW's, Porsche. Any of the parts departments should have them...
• Re: How much oil to use in a Vanagon TDI application?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 20:49:54 -0700
  ...up. > > 2.) Park on a straight and narrow. > > 3.) Connect up tachometer to diesel. Use W terminal on Alternator or > equivalent approach to measure...
• Re: Improvement or desecration?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 19:19:11 +1200
  ...cut >dash to fit that new CD player or a gigantic tachometer crammed into the >dash? Depends entirely on the quality of the work...
• Re: Cruise Control Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 10:31:25 -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...
• Re: Tire Size for 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 19 May 2008 10:55:09 -0700
  ...Speedometer when I upgraded the Instrument Cluster to one with the Tachometer (I have a step-by-step procedure on my website to do...
• Re: tach in an 85
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Jun 2011 14:12:51 -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...
• Re: VW Bus Wanted
  Historical mailing list
  19 May 1994 18:57:43 GMT
  ...map light) Trailer hitch. Console: Power Steering. Power Brakes. Cruise Control. Tachometer, Speedometer, fuel and engine temp gauges. Oil pressure, battery, brakes, OXY, seatbelt...
• Quantum Turbo Diesel FS. Drive it or convert your Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:18:34 -0400
  ...Power window motors, mechanisms and 6x switches * Cruise * 5x power locks * Tachometer * Premium VW/Blaupunkt Heidelberg sound system. Someone handy could also try to...
• Re: speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 7 Sep 2025 15:57:34 +0000
  ...He was well educated in Vanagon nonsense.  Also, I discovered my Tachometer was also non-complient...it sort of got stuck, did all kinds...
• Re: Diesel?
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 08:33:37 -0600
  ...The suspension was soft but in fairly good shape; I couldn't stand not having a tachometer in there though. I felt like I...
• Re: 5 cyl status report
  Historical mailing list - Detlev Hanschke
  Mon, 22 Feb 1999 21:10:57 EST
  ...5) Have you resolved the tachometer issue? Did Marks van have a tach? Mark have a tach and he is working on this problem...
• Crazy VW
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Sat, 25 Jun 2005 09:43:46 -0700
  ...Truckers call them "tattletales" - - what they are is a recording tachometer, which prints out a little sheet of paper on a graph showing the...
• Digijet Digitool Info
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 11:43:28 -0600
  ...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: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:43:43 -0700
  ...as for a tachometer... if it's about adjusting idle rpm say .. not really important to have I'd say. Thanks, Scott -- I wasn...
• Re: aftermarket tach
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 13:09:07 EDT
  ...Why would VW start installing tachometer's in '85 full campers, but not the Wolfsburg weekenders?? I'm lucky enough to have an '85...