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• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 00:03:21 -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: '94 Jetta Tachometer in Vanagon. Tach Pinout? (pic)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:04:41 -0700
  On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > � If you are 1/2 as easily frustrated as...
• Re: 1-800-Howsmydriving?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 08:20:48 -0800
  ...So I drive with the tachometer instead. I've been keeping it at 3200 rpm, which I believe comes out to about highway speed...
• Re: I'm back!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:33:20 -0700
  ...Has tachometer. Runs strongly too. but ......youbethca ... needs a 'real' engine in it ! Scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@GMAIL...
• Misc. Parts FS / Free + SC
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:33:28 -0400
  ...in a new cluster I bought) - I wanted to add a tachometer. For reference, this item used from a "VW Recycler" in NH would...
• Re: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 26 Sep 2014 22:39:17 -1000
  ...The first vanagon tachometer appears in the 84 Wolfsburg .. and in most waterboxer vanagons starting in 85 ..or many. the improved sliding door , starting...
• Archive info - Tachometer installation
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Sat, 6 Sep 2003 13:14:06 -0400
  ...red (pink) CLOCK ------------------------------------------ 8 | black/purple ------------------------------------------ 9 | black (use this for Tachometer. run green wire from terminal 1 on coil) ------------------------------------------ 10 | blue/black ------------------------------------------ 11...
• Re: Engine died up date
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:22:27 -0700
  ...use by the dynamic oil warning board as well as the tachometer. Residual pressure in the fuel loop is expected for hours/days and...
• Re: Subie powered Westy FS
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:31:25 -0800
  ...PS was standard on the semi -are 84 Wolfsfburg Westy ( first appears of tachometer too ..all black face, unlike the common 85 or 86...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 8 Dec 2021 17:14:46 -0800
  It is the first time this has happened - now not the last I am sure. I had the cluster apart when I installed the...
• Re: FS: '90 wolfsburg Syncro TDI
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:33:35 -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...
• 80 Westy FS?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Wed, 17 Dec 1997 10:58:20 EST
  ...added tachometer in place of clock (looks almost stock), added oil temp sensor and gauge. Replaced push rod tube seals on passenger side of...
• Re: Westy Questions
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:28:23 -0700
  ...but my 90 has a tachometer with a green section and an organge section... the green is good... the orange or red is to...
• Re: What goes here? and a part request for a 85 GL.
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 12:54:21 -1000
  there is a device already that is an 'engine running indicator.' it's call a 'tachometer.' and if you've ever ridden or driven...
• Re: Cold steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:34:48 -0400
  ...We also used a $12 ironless-core unstoppable drive motor with no tachometer output and a $5 single-source control chip from Thompson CSF...
• Re: 84 Westfalia outside mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Sun, 10 Feb 2002 10:28:33 -0900
  ...connector, and the dash has a big analogue clock where the tachometer would be in other models (like my 85). The van also has...
• Re: Electrical question (Coil terminals)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:24:35 -0700
  ...am looking for a place to get a signal to my tachometer. > Which of the terminals is the "Low Voltage" or the "Neg" terminal...
• Re: High voltage havoc from coil?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 14:16:24 -0500
  ...and yesterday, I heard a buzzing like sound and noticed my tachometer > was red lining with just a little acceleration. Is there possibly a...
• Re: specific features of 86 GL Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 22:23:21 -0400
  ...do you have a tachometer or a analog clock? >All the '85-'86 westy weekenders have the tan corduroy interior, tan carpet, >with single...
• Re: Anyone not having problems?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Tue, 14 Jul 1998 17:48:58 -0700
  ...My tachometer never worked quite right, but otherwise you could weld the hood closed, like the TV ad. I don't even know much...
• Syncro Westy 1.9 TD, update # 2 ,and advice and/or your 2 cents?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 20:22:42 -0500
  ...I am still in search of a tachometer from any VW diesel, if anyone has one lying around. That's all for now, folks...
• Re: Inline Fuel Temp?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 23:40:06 -0700
  ...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: Tach needed, anyone able to help, and trip report
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 18 Aug 2024 17:22:11 +0000
  Yes, there is a reason why engineers determined a tachometer on dash is a good thing, whether Formula 1 or Vanagon.  And many of...
• How do you tell if you have 4.86 or 5.43 differentials?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:55:05 -0700
  ...The tires are 215/85R16 - circa 30.3" tall With a GPS reading 100km/h, the tachometer says 3050 rpm in 4th The transmission...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 8 Dec 2021 19:23:50 -0600
  My speedometer was clicking earlier in the year, and along with that the trip odometer wasn't working at all. The speed needle had...
• Re: Electrical Failures
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 14 May 2011 19:44:51 +0200
  ...Front and Rear - inop > Windshield Spray Pumps - inop > Cruise Control - inop > Tachometer - inop > Horn - inop - this one is repaired. > > The ignition switch is new...
• Re: Thanks for the help
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 03:42:36 -0500
  ...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: COLD WEATHER STUTTERING
  Historical mailing list - Beckham, Chip
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 13:19:36 -0500
  ...One telltale sign was the tachometer would always drop to zero. Immediate attempts at restarting were futile. Two local VW shops came up empty...
• Truly bonding with my Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Dec 1994 17:55:53 -0800 (PST)
  ...Tomorrow I get serious, oil change with filter, timing (sorry will have to use the dash tachometer, my old one might fry the hall...
• Re: diesel alternator interchangability
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:30:32 -0800
  ...If you have now or plan to add a diesel tachometer you will need an alternator with a "W" lead on the back. Any...
• Re: Dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - - Bruce Todd
  Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:00:31 -0800
  ...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: Tacho Cluster and Parts required for 89 Vanagon urgent ( Caravelle GL - Australia)
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:18:43 -0400
  ...I was told the ETKA part number for the tachometer is 255 919 253 (Good for 1980 to 1984) and for the instrument housing...
• the inevitable "help me install my tachometer!" installation question
  Historical mailing list - Jason Gorfine
  Sat, 29 Sep 2001 13:05:34 -0400
  well i don't if anybody else saw this coming, but i knew my time would come. so here goes: as i mentioned in...
• surge & buck
  Historical mailing list - duane o'donnell
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:09:48 +0000
  ...Only other things Ive done recently is rewire the tachometer and replace the battery - both the night before the symptoms started. I know my...
• Re: 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 09:19:35 -0400
  ...extra capacity gas tank, Hella Vision Plus headlights, external oil cooler, tachometer cluster, second battery, oil temperature and pressure gauges). There may be regional...
• Re: Speedo Cable question
  Historical mailing list - Peter Young
  Sun, 2 Mar 2008 00:16:16 -0500
  ...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: Fill hole to right of speedo.
  Historical mailing list - Chris Chubb
  Wed, 1 Feb 1995 08:20:57 -0500
  ...They turned out to be the wrong Holley carb for the engine and a tachometer. Sheesh, they should see what some of the people...
• Re: Oil Pressure Buzzer? After Tach Wiring.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 16 May 2005 17:16:12 EDT
  ...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: aftermarket tach
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 13:40:23 -0400
  ...Eastern Daylight Time, > edwards151@GMAIL.COM writes: > > Why would VW start installing tachometer's in '85 full campers, but not > the > Wolfsburg weekenders?? I...
• Re: Subaru Engines (NVC) Sports Cars5)
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 28 May 2004 22:37:21 -0700
  ...shocks in the back, weber DCOE9 40s, Nardi woodwork, Smiths chronometric tachometers, bucket seats that felt exactly like sitting in a bucket full of...
• Re: Suggestions for lights and shocks
  Historical mailing list - Andre Fiedler
  Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:16:46 -0600
  ...Suggestions for lights and shocks > > The original dash light above the tachometer housing on my 89 2WD Westy > recently went out. Suggestions for what...
• Re: Air conditioning keep it or leave it?
  Historical mailing list - Sharpe, John M (John)
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:49:48 -0500
  ...I filled in the hole in the dash with a round tachometer mounted in piece of fiber board which I had painted black. Not...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Sat, 11 Dec 2021 22:46:26 +0000
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• Re: Audible Coolant alarm opinions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Thu, 1 Mar 2018 18:54:44 -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...
• Porsche engine conversion costs enclosed...
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:41:48 -0400
  ...3.2 Carrera engine 4 tip muffler Oil tank rock guard Tachometer recalibration (I have an instrument cluster from a newer westy) Front oil...
• Re: Ignition Timing Procedure 1986+ Vanagon 2.1L Digifant
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:57:05 -0800
  ...Connect tachometer. (optional) 5. Restart engine and run up to more than 2000 RPM. (~2500 works well) 6. Disconnect BLUE CONNECTOR from Temp sensor...
• tach update
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 4 Jul 95 22:42:28 EDT
  All you waterpumper drivers who have been burdened by my fierce envy of your tachometer can relax: I replaced the dash pod of my...
• Re: A couple of questions.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:29:10 -0800
  ...Upon start up, if I leave the van to warm it, the tachometer > will > gradually creep up to 2500 RPMs. Usually a good revving...
• Re: safe RPM
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 20:08:55 -0500
  ...safe RPM > In the past a number of people who have oil temp gauges, and/or oil > pressure gauges, and tachometers have noted that...
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:44:43 -0600
  ...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: Hand-held tach use with Digifant
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 22 Jul 2000 21:46:37 EDT
  ...While >powerful >and efficient for ignition performance, the Digifant system dynamics >are >such that conventional hand-held tachometers cannot read the RPM >correctly. This...
• Re: Tachometer retrofit: 85 to 86
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 21:03:19 -0400
  Well, I got the two clusters on the living room floor and looked at them a lot. The 86 that came in my van...
• Re: first sign of coolant under engine
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:25:49 +1000
  ...Drove diligently and slowly, never exceeding 4000rpms (green on tachometer, etc). When I finished the trip and the van was back in the garage...
• Re: Engine died up date
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:26:26 -0700
  ...use by the dynamic oil warning board as well as the tachometer. > > Residual pressure in the fuel loop is expected for hours/days and...
• trip report and AVP engine review
  Historical mailing list - Dr. No
  Sat, 22 Apr 2000 23:51:03 -0500
  ...Temps stayed right where we want them, and it was kinda fun to watch the new/old tachometer added from an '86 Vanagon. Saw...
• Re: instruments, interviews
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Feb 1995 10:04:40 -0600 (CST)
  ...know when to slow down or stop. > And, of course, a tachometer. I figure this can go in the >blanked hole the factory provided...
• Re: What goes here? and a part request for a 85 GL.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 16:06:55 -0700
  ...already that is an 'engine running indicator.' > > it's call a 'tachometer.' > > and if you've ever ridden or driven in a really really...
• Re: gas mileage question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 09:01:44 -0400
  ...Speed:consistent cruise of 65 to 70 mph (speedo); 4k on tachometer Fuel type:We run 87 octane (r+m/2 method) all the...
• Re: Tacho installation: wiring
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 1 May 2000 16:14:56 -0700
  ...wiring > I wonder why Americans call a speedometer a "speedo" but shorten tachometer > to "tach"? > > I have an instrument cluster en route from the...
• Re: Looking fer trailer hitches
  Historical mailing list - Holly and Chris Mills
  Tue, 20 Feb 2001 23:26:30 -0800
  ...the tachometer is to > >keep track of your engine speed, so you can shift down on hills to keep > >the rpm up (to keep...