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• Re: Bentley wiring typo?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 16:45:48 -0700
  ...the switch is off. > > I always upgrade my earlier vans to tachometer clusters or I would have > likely run into this problem before myself...
• Re: Wagon-R power steering
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 7 May 2002 19:06:08 +1200
  ...It could be the tachometer, or else somehow put a magnetic trigger on one of the wheel hubs and a sensor on the brake...
• "Blue light" incidents..Vanagon content..
  Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:34:55 +0000
  ...some stereo speakers, fixed the horn, and added a Mk2 Jetta tachometer that would properly match the inline-4 engine conversion. When the real...
• Re: no power in 4th
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 10:05:56 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Following instrument manufacturer's instructions, install a tachometer and a stroboscopic timing light. 2. Run engine at 200rpm and direct the flashes of the...
• Re: just how COLD is IT??? was Re: New to Me vehicles
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 15:19:00 -0600
  ...Arctic. I ran the engine another two hours at 2000 rpms ............. tachometers with hour meters are nifty things for this, glad I got one...
• Re: Timing Issues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 18:04:50 -0600
  ...That's crazy for a simple tachometer. John On 12/29/2013 5:50 PM, mark drillock wrote: > It is supposed to run like...
• Re: Crazy VW
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 25 Jun 2005 11:28:06 -0600
  ...Truckers call them "tattletales" - - > what they are is a recording tachometer, which prints > out a little sheet of paper on a graph showing the...
• Re: Idle stabilizer question--1.9
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:40:48 -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: Old Volks Home Cluster Retrofit Question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Davis
  Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:51:10 -0700
  ...speedometer on >>> one >>> side, >>> tachometer on the other. >>> >>> John >>
• Coolant gauge calibration
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:32:43 -0700
  ...This would be looking at a coolant gauge in a tachometer equipped Vanagon. With VAG-COM [diagnostic tool] I can see that this level...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 08:50:00 -0800
  Dennis, I believe that an increase in tire diameter, which is also an increase in tire perimeter, does alter the speedometer and the tachometer...
• Contacts for VDO Gauges
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Nov 95 19:23 CST
  ...Included are tachometer, voltmeter, ammeter, oil temperature, water temperature, oil pressure, vacuum, turbocharger, cylinder head temperature. The sender list is fairly specific, including temperature...
• Re: model year differences?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 02:26:46 EST
  ...GL's got tachometer and weekender interior was an option starting in 85 up. 86 -91 2.1L wbx introduced in '86. square headlights...
• Re: 1-800-Howsmydriving?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 22:05:39 -0500
  ...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: Travels
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 03 Mar 95 14:17:12 CST
  ...ASSUMING i read it right, and the tachometer is accurate). the above table numbers were from the observations (from which i figured the conversion...
• Re: Dynamic Oil Pressure Sensor behind Speedo, how do they work, wiring diagrams, tachometer changes, etc
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 29 Jul 2001 14:29:36 -0400
  At 10:13 AM 7/29/2001, Chris Mundy wrote: >One of the challenges I have encountered is the fact that the 89 model...
• Re: How do you tell if you have 4.86 or 5.43 differentials?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:05:08 -0400
  ...circa 30.3" tall > >With a GPS reading 100km/h, the tachometer says 3050 rpm in 4th > >The transmission is an AAN which is...
• Vanagon Goodies! (new tachs, pwr door locks, idle stabs)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 17:03:53 EDT
  ...First I have some brand new INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS with TACHOMETER, and speedo head in the housing with the digital clock and the lights. The...
• Re: Tachometer in a weekender?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:21:23 -0400
  At 08:11 AM 6/24/2015, Don Hanson wrote: >I've attempted the changeover for my 84...a couple of times. It's...
• Re: Tranny problems
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 08:25:56 -0400
  ...In the bus, the noise was like an audio tachometer that only worked in 3rd and 4th. The transmission noise reminded me of old...
• Sellingb some of my extra parts cheap...
  Historical mailing list - Herb Mooney
  Thu, 1 May 2003 23:41:00 -0700
  ...1 power steering rack from 1987 in good shape $50 1 tachometer instrument cluster from 1985 2wd Vanagon $50 Rear folding seat and rear...
• our US trip in a 1982 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kragen Sitaker
  Tue, 9 May 2006 13:27:04 -0400
  ...to the ECU, right?) - replace dashboard lights with red LEDs - add tachometer - add some kind of carrier on top of the van; right now...
• FS: '87 Westy 100K, $8000
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:39:49 -0600
  ...The tachometer light is out, I'm trying to find a replacement ($2) and the accelerator pedal is a little wobbly ($30), again, I...
• Re: '94 Jetta Tachometer in Vanagon. Tach Pinout? (pic)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:33:45 -0700
  On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:10 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. > > Searched, stared at Jetta cluster PCB, asked...
• Where is the AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 14:30:23 -0800
  ...What happens is when the tachometer is > passing 2900 RPM it will give a terrible sounding and feeling lurch. If > I'm accelerating hard...
• Re: aftermarket tach
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 10:24:53 -0700
  ...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: Suggestions for lights and shocks
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:34:12 -0700
  ...On 10/28/18, Andre Fiedler <fiedlerac@gmail.com> wrote: > The original dash light above the tachometer housing on my 89 2WD Westy > recently...
• Re: Idle Control Whatzit
  Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 12:03:55 -0700
  ...Since you're reading this anyway, can anybody recommend a > good tachometer? > Thanks for all help > Mike Edwards > 82 Westy > > > Get 250 color business...
• Re: CIS Puzzler (Jetta content only)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 04:26:53 -0500
  ...When I time everything up (using a timing light and tachometer) according to the marks on the flywheel (which I double checked) I have...
• Re: Buck/Surge symptom at highway speeds??
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 21:00:25 -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...
• Re: GEAR UP! 15" rims 75 series?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Sat, 3 Apr 1999 12:45:35 EST
  ...If you like to travel particularly fast and you find your RPMs consistently out of the tachometer's green "happy zone" then a increase...
• Diesel Vanagon Tachometer-Yes!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 23 May 2000 19:36:51 -0700
  I finally got around to installing a tach in my 82 Westy 1.9TD. I used a tach from a 1984 VW Quantum TD...
• Favorite Modifications
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 22:05:54 -0700
  ...VDO Vacuum gauge even has the orange and green marking like the tachometer, mounted in the brake/seatbelt light area above the headlight switch...
• Re: Link to 12v DC outhouse exhaust fan?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:27:47 -0500
  ...If any of the fans you run across have three wires, the third wire is probably for a tachometer or temperature sensor. Computer motherboards...
• Re: What goes here? and a part request for a 85 GL.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 16:23:39 -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: Tach year breaks/ part numbers
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:52:01 -0400
  ...The difference is not so much in the Tachometers, but the Instrument Foils and their appropriate connections to operate the Dynamic Oil Pressure Buzzer...
• Re: Audible Coolant alarm opinions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 1 Mar 2018 22:56:53 -0500
  ...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: Speedometer repairs '84
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 08:25:00 -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: Right turn into driveway kills engine (1.9L '84 2-WD)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:30:35 -0700
  ...Right turn into driveway kills engine (1.9L '84 2-WD) > Hello Scott: > > Yes, I have a tachometer (updated instrument cluster). Yes, it is...
• Re: '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 - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:14:34 -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: 1.9L itermittent stalling at random
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:38:15 -0500
  ...I just replaced the fuel filter in hopes that ill solve it....it seems fuel related as my tachometer is unaffected by the car...
• Re: Speedo Cable question
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 2 Mar 2008 06:35:13 -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...
• Model Summary for 1988 Vanagon USA
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 13:11:52 -0500
  ...Interior Padded instrument panel Speedometer with trip odometer Tachometer Fuel level gage Coolant temperature gage Digital LCD clock Illuminated vanity mirror Illuminated lockable glove...
• My Favorite Vanagon Accessories
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 22:35:02 +1200
  ...rear (Syncro does fit), outrigger *Instruments w/tachometer, 1985-92 model *Rally seat, driver's fiberglass (makes an amazing difference to safety in really...
• Re: Magnetic Tachs - bicycle to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 08:18:40 -0800
  What you need if you want to make a tachometer is a cyclocomputer with cadence feature. this feature is the only function of a...
• Re: Right turn into driveway kills engine (1.9L '84 2-WD)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:18:51 -0700
  ...let us know if that makes it 'go again.' doubt that you have a tachometer.. but if you do observe if tach drops to...
• Re: Strange clock display
  Historical mailing list - Tieitup
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:44:07 -0600
  ...we like our rear wheel drive westy to snake around a corner in the rain, slpitting the tachometer nearing 5000 rpm, dog going WTF...
• Re: Inline Fuel Temp?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:15:09 -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: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 4 Jan 2008 20:34:32 -0800
  ...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: aftermarket tach
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:08:46 -0700
  ...Eastern Daylight Time, > > edwards151@GMAIL.COM writes: > > > > Why would VW start installing tachometer's in '85 full campers, but not > > the > > Wolfsburg weekenders?? I...
• Fw: one year anniv.
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 11:25:19 -0500
  ...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: model year differences?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Sellitti
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 05:53:24 -0500
  ...GL's got tachometer and weekender interior was an option starting in 85 up. 86 -91 2.1L wbx introduced in '86. square headlights...
• Re: [Fwd: Electriclly FRIED WIRE HARNESS.]help....
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Jan 1997 21:51:26 -0500
  ...move the wheel and the tachometer/engine speed goes up. > > >Could this be why my engine is hard to stay running and start....The...
• 1986 ignition problem
  Historical mailing list - Brigstocke John
  Thu, 4 Mar 1999 21:28:58 -0500
  ...The tachometer goes to zero and the engine dies. It may recover almost instantly without any action or it may recover if the key...
• FS: 1986 Vanagon GL in TX
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:25:39 -0500
  ...fuel-injected four-cylinder engine Power steering, Power mirrors, Power brakes, tachometer, AM/FM/CD "Blaupunkt" in-dash CD player w/removeable faceplate. Custom...
• Re: AT v.s. Manual (Syncro 0 - 60 times)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 19:04:53 -0800
  ...Other things that might affect this is 540W of highbeams and a lack of a tachometer... Run 1: 30 sec Run 2: 27 sec...
• Re: Crazy idea?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:57:36 -0700
  ...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: Subaru Conversion Comments
  Historical mailing list - John Fleming
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 19:42:23 -0800
  ...This can be hot in the Florida summer! The tachometer and engine light does not work either. Mine has a slight backfire (more like...
• Great Engine test stand event.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 01:20:30 -0600
  ...I built a control station for the engine stand that consist of an old tackle box with the additions of a tachometer, oil temp...
• Re: Will MK1 Scirocco steering wheel fit on Vanagon? - YES, but.........
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 18 May 2003 17:56:11 EDT
  ...lost a good portion of the upper right corner of the tachometer which was blocked by the steering wheel. I put my gigantic stock...