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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 - Rocket J Squirrel
Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:32:25 -0700
...Engine starts and goes to around 800 rpm (instrument panel > > tachometer). If slight pressure put on accelerator pedal to take rpm to > > 1500 or...
Model Summary for 1987 Vanagon USA
Historical mailing list
Mon, 11 Dec 1995 12:58:53 -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...
Re: Cold steering wheel
Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:08:04 -0700
...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: Safe 2.1/1.9 Rpm: survey/query
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Mon, 11 Oct 2004 09:03:19 -0700
...For my peace of mind, comments like Bob Mcdonalds, piston ring land wear, VW's "Green Zone" on the tachometer, and the knowledge that...
Re: Bentley wiring typo?
Historical mailing list - mdrillock
Sat, 9 Aug 2008 16:07:03 -0700
...I always upgrade my earlier vans to tachometer clusters or I would have likely run into this problem before myself. Mark neil N wrote...
Re: Coolant gauge calibration
Historical mailing list - darryl carpenter
Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:44:34 -0400
...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: High voltage havoc from coil?
Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:44:11 -0800
...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: [WetWesties] pumped out -VOODOO
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 8 Oct 2008 12:40:14 -0700
...happened! Just the other day, the light went out > on my tachometer/fuel gauge bay in the dash. So I pulled the cover and...
Re: Syncro Westy 1.9 TD, update # 2 ,and advice and/or your 2 cents?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 18:41:43 -0700
...the stock rubber mounts. > I am still in search of a tachometer from any VW diesel, if anyone has one >lying around. That's...
Re: Dem ole Vanagon blues
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 25 Feb 2017 11:51:13 -0600
...The only shortcoming with it for me is that I wish it had a tachometer. That would make it much handier when actually working...
Re: 5000 lb hitch
Historical mailing list - Pokey
Sun, 4 Feb 2001 19:39:59 -0800
...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: bumpers and tables on vanagon questions
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Wed, 15 May 2002 14:51:42 -0400
...Before '87 they had a wolfsburg that didn't have the table or rear facing seats (they did have corduroy covered seats, tachometer, rear...
Re: Air cooled diesel Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:07:49 -0500
...There is also the matter of the wire loom that contains the wiring for the Speedometer / Tachometer pod, the water temp gauge and the...
Re: Will MK1 Scirocco steering wheel fit on Vanagon? - YES, but.........
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Sun, 18 May 2003 19:06:58 -0700
...lost a good portion of the upper right corner of the tachometer which was >blocked by the steering wheel. I put my gigantic stock...
Re: model year differences?
Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:04:44 -0600
...GL's got power steering in 85 up. >GL's got tachometer and weekender interior was an option starting in 85 up. > >86 -91...
Re: Bucking, missing & just plain cutting out
Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
Sat, 29 Dec 2001 03:07:43 -0500
...Only other things Ive done recently > is rewire the tachometer and replace the battery - > both the night before the symptoms started. I know my...
General "Warm Up" Question and an admission....
Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
Sun, 12 May 2002 11:43:46 -0500
...It is like the "power band" simply moves up the tachometer as the engine warms up. I recently put in a brand new AFM...
Re: I Love My New Cruise Control (Long)
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Wed, 31 May 2006 07:37:53 -0700
...Control switch normally open Switch 7 ON Coil is the selected Tachometer source With PPM at 2000, control drifts plus/minus 4 MPH. With...
Re: Tacho installation: wiring
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Mon, 1 May 2000 22:16:40 -0400
...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: model year differences?
Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:31:34 -0800
...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: engine dies while driving - possible causes?
Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:48:30 -0800
Joy - Does your van have a tachometer? If it does, what does the tach do when the engine dies? My van died on me...
Re: My Favorite Vanagon Accessories
Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
Sun, 1 Feb 2026 09:54:47 -1000
...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: Buying from German Ebay.. Hard/Easy?
Historical mailing list - David Etter
Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:32:27 -0700
...I love to browse the German site for diesel tachometers @ http://tinylink.com/?4QVTHgHvy2 But there are many other VW parts as well. I...
Re: Eric Caron is on the road!
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Mon, 24 Jun 2013 00:51:39 -0400
...group and kept the van at between 3400 and 3600on the tachometer and this resulted in speed between 55 and 60 miles per hour...
Re: Audible Coolant alarm opinions
Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
Thu, 1 Mar 2018 20:48:18 -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...
Help troubleshoot my instrument cluster
Historical mailing list - James Ballen
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:51:37 -0800
...That spliced coolant sensor wire may have something to do with the coolant sensor problem, right? But that still does not explain the tachometer...
Selling my stuff part 2...
Historical mailing list - Herb Mooney
Fri, 2 May 2003 05:59:12 -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...
Re: Crazy idea?
Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
Wed, 30 Jul 2014 18:23:04 -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...
87 possible ignition problem
Historical mailing list - Matthew Wallenfang
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:19:29 PST
...From time to time the engine begins to miss causing the tachometer to go to zero and then recover within a second. This happens...
Re: [Syncro] How do you tell if you have 4.86 or 5.43 differentials?
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:12:00 -0700
...time to get that tachometer calibrated I guess... GPS shows 100km/h and I am doing about 3100 so says the tach... out comes...
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 19:54:13 -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...
Alternator light on - this is normal? Survey says... Nope!
Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 18:14:30 -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: aftermarket tach
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Thu, 2 Jun 2011 14:35:10 -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: '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 - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:36:56 -0700
...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: Timing info....
Historical mailing list - All of Us
Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:47:34 -0600
...Connect tachometer. 5. Restart engine and run up to 2000-2500 RPM. 6 With engine running disconnect BLUE CONNECTOR from Temp sensor II. 7...
Re: Timing Issues
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:17:15 -0800
...That's crazy for a simple tachometer. > > John > > On 12/29/2013 5:50 PM, mark drillock wrote: >> It is supposed to run like...
Fwd: [WetWesties] Busted Tachometer...and no dash lights...help a new guy?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:12:10 -0400
Dear Lee, If your heater and/or cigarette lighter lights work, then the issue could easily be poor contact at the instrument panel connector...
Re: [T2] Distributor for electronic ignition
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:26:34 -0700
...The SVDA will not work in it's place because of how the Ignition System is used to provide the Tachometer signal to the...
Re: specific features of 86 GL Wolfsburg
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 03:48:24 +0100
...do you have a tachometer or a analog clock? > >All the '85-'86 westy weekenders have the tan corduroy interior, tan carpet, > >with single...
Eurospec Conv.(followup-kinda
Historical mailing list - Blaine Bachman
Tue, 29 Dec 1998 17:19:00 -0700
...What the heck is a "Tachometer Kit" and why did it cost $20? Is there something inherently different between the wasserboxer's electronic ignition...
87 Westy GL For Sale $6500 OBO
Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
Tue, 4 Dec 2007 09:33:33 -0500
...tight - never use AC so I didn't really care); the tachometer is wacky and almost never works (the whole instrument panel and be...
Re: specific features of 86 GL Wolfsburg
Historical mailing list
Thu, 27 Jun 2002 20:40:38 EDT
...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: Air cooled diesel Vanagons
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:22:51 -0700
...There is also the matter of the wire loom that contains >the wiring for the Speedometer / Tachometer pod, the water temp gauge and >the...
Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 4 Jan 2018 14:04:32 -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...
Re: Timing info....
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 26 Nov 2003 19:29:08 -0500
...Connect tachometer. >5. Restart engine and run up to 2000-2500 RPM. >6 With engine running disconnect BLUE CONNECTOR from Temp sensor II. Which...
Re: Subject: small car VW engine conversion
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:48:02 -0800
...Of these, the brake judder, power steering fluid leak, tachometer inaccuracy, the grinding noise, the speedometer, the improper cooling hose installation have been repaired...
Re: instruments, interviews
Historical mailing list - Dave Black
Thu, 16 Feb 1995 09:57:44 -0700 (MST)
...Nearly as easy to do as the dipstick sender, and much neater. > > And, of course, a tachometer. I figure this can go in the...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 14 Nov 2013 09:30:29 -0800
...Initially I assumed that since the tachometer in the instrument > cluster is driven by the coil primary signal, that the tach info to the...
Re: master brake light misbehaving
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:10:20 -0700
...between the Subaru engine and electronics and that brake warning light .. tachometer or VSS are the only things that remotely occur to me ... also...
Re: Stuttering at 3000 rpm
Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
Thu, 1 May 2003 00:45:29 -0700
...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: New to List, Best Bus?
Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
Sun, 7 Oct 2001 23:03:04 -0500
...The 85 GL models and some 84 Wolfsburg editions have plush captains chairs and a very nice tachometer. Dealer installed AC, which is prehistoric...
Re: Battery Light
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:21:37 -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: Engine rebuild - 2.1 L WBX
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Sat, 30 Aug 2014 20:22:58 -1000
...due to a sloppy rebuilt and an 80 year old driver with very weak hearing and no tachometer.. who lugged the heck out of...
Re: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Thu, 24 May 2007 21:31:12 -0500
...5) Put some kind of tachometer on the fan blades directly. This could be a magnet on one or more of the blades (with...
Vanagon Models, 1990 - USA
Historical mailing list
Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:08:03 -0400
...Interior Padded instrument panel Speedometer with trip odometer Tachometer Fuel level gage Coolant temperature gage Digital LCD clock Illuminated vanity mirror Illuminated lockable glove...
Re: Subaru vs. VW Swap
Historical mailing list - John Fleming
Sat, 20 May 2000 09:38:24 -0500
...The other downside is that the Tachometer doesn't work. John Fleming 85 Westaru 178,000 ----- Original Message ----- From: t <vbob@PRIMENET.COM> To...
Re: Blinking temperature light
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:12:26 -0400
...It's replaceable but right now Van Cafe has complete temp gauges for tachometer panels for about what I would charge to replace the...
Bus Plus Fuss
Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
23 Jan 97 03:44:01 EST
...Since this model was a non-GL, it had no tachometer or digital clock. There is no propane or stove. There is no sink...
Re: differences between '86, to '89 westfalias???
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sat, 18 Jul 1998 16:04:46 CDT
...INTERIOR velour upholstery -not available- standard corduroy upholstery standard -not available- tachometer and digital clock -not available- standard illuminated vanity mirror -not available- standard...
Re: VDO Oil gauge...
Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Thu, 22 Jun 2000 09:54:18 -0700
...I will cover up the ash tray(and continue to store loose change in the tachometer well, it's a redneck trait of mine...