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For Sale-86' Syncro-$2900.00. I'm greedy?
Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
Mon, 18 Mar 2002 20:51:40 -0500
...I'm eyeing the front grill/square lights and the tachometer for a swap too, but I better let it be. I have driven...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
Thu, 14 Nov 2013 11:47:22 -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: Tachometer in a weekender?
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Wed, 24 Jun 2015 21:49:46 -1000
well... geniouly and Most Conveniently ( talk about clever and practical car design and contruction ! ) the wires on the main plug to the instrument cluster...
Re: Digijet Digitool Info
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Mon, 5 Mar 2001 07:03:05 -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...
FS: 1990 Vanagon - $4500
Historical mailing list - Joe Tu
Sun, 24 Mar 2002 23:37:38 -0800
...flap mechanism needs repair), heater works fine, custom gauges installed (VDO tachometer in stalk mounted cup next to instrument cluster, VDO voltage and 80psi...
Re: Ignition Coil and Hall sender (resolved)
Historical mailing list - Germain
Sat, 29 May 2004 10:21:37 -0400
...Disconnect the coil wire on the > distributor > > to see if the tachometer was moving when cranking ( I was just curious). > > Reconnect the coil wire...
Re: Inline Fuel Temp?
Historical mailing list - jimt
Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:36:09 -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: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sat, 2 Sep 2017 10:47:25 -0400
...Edward On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > I think the green area on the tachometer...
Added info on Quantum TD FS, and Westy baking tips.
Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
Sun, 23 Jul 2000 18:24:15 -0400
...mechanisms and 6x switches * Cruise * 5x power locks, incl trunk/hatch * Tachometer * Premium VW/Blaupunkt Heidelberg sound system. Someone handy could also try to...
Vanagon Models, 1991 - USA
Historical mailing list
Fri, 22 Nov 1996 20:10:50 -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: Audible Coolant alarm opinions
Historical mailing list - Gene P
Thu, 1 Mar 2018 22:35:13 -0700
...I can pretty much hear the speed of my engine revs and guess my tachometer. If I get a audible oil temp and presure...
any flux capacitor conversions available?
Historical mailing list - Jason Gorfine
Sun, 30 Sep 2001 01:11:10 -0400
...did i mention that while routing the final section of my spiffy new bright yellow 16 Gauge tachometer wire from the stern to the...
FS: 1990 2.1L Vanagon Base - $4500
Historical mailing list - Joe Tu
Thu, 4 Apr 2002 23:10:31 -0800
...flap mechanism needs repair), heater works fine, custom gauges installed (VDO tachometer in stalk mounted cup next to instrument cluster, VDO voltage and 80psi...
87 Wolfsburg persistant hesistation problem (confusing)
Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:09:08 -0400
...The one thing that really mystified me was the tachometer. It would swing wildly up to 3500 and stay there or bounce around even...
Re: Eric Caron is on the road!
Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
Sun, 23 Jun 2013 22:07:14 -0700
...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: Right turn into driveway kills engine (1.9L '84 2-WD)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:25:47 -0700
...if that makes it 'go again.' > > doubt that you have a tachometer.. > but if you do observe if tach drops to zero during power...
Re: Bucking, missing & just plain cutting out
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Sat, 29 Dec 2001 19:05:36 -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: [Syncro] How do you tell if you have 4.86 or 5.43 differentials?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:54:35 -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...
Re: Great Info Jim!! Thanks a Bunch. - Tach in '85 Zetec Vangon
Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:37:07 -0400
...I was planning to just forgo the tachometer altogether, since the Zetec can safely rev past 6,500RPM (way higher than I would probably...
Re: Subaru wbx reliabilty
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Thu, 21 Feb 2002 22:34:37 +1200
...mounts -clutch (KEP's crossmember causes chatter; use Smallcar's crossmember) -tachometer connection -transmission reliability (the only one which is a real potential headache...
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
Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:05:41 -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...
Am I asking too much for my van?
Historical mailing list - Joe Tu
Fri, 12 Apr 2002 21:58:00 -0700
...flap mechanism needs repair), heater works fine, custom gauges installed (VDO tachometer in stalk mounted cup next to instrument cluster, VDO voltage and 80psi...
Re: Old Volks Home Cluster Retrofit Question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:32:07 -0700
...speedometer on one side, > tachometer on the other. > > John > > On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 13:56 -0700, Jeff Davis wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> This...
Re: Air conditioning keep it or leave it?
Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
Fri, 4 Mar 2005 07:59:25 -0800
...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: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sat, 2 Sep 2017 10:30:30 -0700
...Oil pressure light and buzzer I think the green area on the tachometer represents the ideal operating range for the engine. Below the green...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
Thu, 14 Nov 2013 07:29:29 -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: aftermarket tach
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 2 Jun 2011 14:49:56 -0700
...aftermarket tach > Why would VW start installing tachometer's in '85 full campers, but not > the > Wolfsburg weekenders?? I'm lucky enough to have...
Results - Tach installation & more questions
Historical mailing list - David Maurio
Sat, 6 Sep 2003 16:55:27 -0400
...Archive info - Tachometer installation I've thrown this together from a bunch of different postings, it may be useful to whoever is compiling info...
Re: '83 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 26 Apr 2002 08:38:04 -0500
...I'd recommend a Tachometer, Cylinder head temp gauge and an oil pressure gauge along with an oil temperature gauge. These gauges will keep...
Re: CIS Puzzler (Jetta content only)
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Thu, 25 Nov 1999 18:20:24 -0800
...etc). > >When I time everything up (using a timing light and tachometer) according to >the marks on the flywheel (which I double checked) I...
1990 VANAGON WEEKENDER - NEED TO SELL SOON!!!
Historical mailing list - Joe Tu
Mon, 6 May 2002 12:45:16 -0700
...flap mechanism needs repair), heater works fine, custom gauges installed (VDO tachometer in stalk mounted cup next to instrument cluster, VDO voltage and 80psi...
Engine Vacuum Gauge Diagnotics Uses.
Historical mailing list - mark keller
Sat, 6 Dec 1997 12:43:14 -0400
...It's moves as much as a tachometer does. In fact they are so sensitive that when you turn on the lights you'll...
Re: Audible Coolant alarm opinions
Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
Thu, 1 Mar 2018 21:46:22 -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: Battery Light
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:39:05 -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...
master brake light misbehaving - fixed
Historical mailing list - brett rueff
Mon, 2 Aug 2010 04:13:08 +0000
...be between the Subaruengine and electronics and that brake warning light ..tachometer or VSS are the only things that remotely occur to me ...also...
Re: [Syncro] Wiring for CIS-E F.I. in Vanagon
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Wed, 21 Mar 2001 19:26:00 -0800
...the idle stabilizer relay that gets a pulsed signal from the tachometer signal. If you turn the AC on or any other load it...
Re: [T2] Distributor for electronic ignition
Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
Thu, 6 Apr 2006 16:05:48 -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: Engine Cranks but No Start
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Wed, 30 Mar 2016 12:28:52 -1000
...with your charging system. > > I've been thinking that maybe the tachometer will not work if the ECU is > below this voltage threshold. Check...
Re: aftermarket tach
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:41:54 -0700
...Jonathan Edwards <edwards151@gmail.com>wrote: > Why would VW start installing tachometer's in '85 full campers, but not the > Wolfsburg weekenders?? I'm...
Re: Coolant gauge calibration
Historical mailing list - David Devere
Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:43:51 -0500
...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: Where is the AFM?
Historical mailing list - Bess's Buddies
Tue, 18 Dec 2001 23:56:34 -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: BusDepot Fuel Tank, have you installed one?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 10 May 2000 10:03:52 -0400
...It had a tachometer winding and was controlled by a $1 Cherry Semiconductor chip with no heat sink (and no need for one). You...
Re: Blue LED instrument lighting
Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
Fri, 6 Dec 2002 20:10:24 EST
...of light to illuminate well (as opposed to the speedo and tachometer faces which require more because the light is reflected back onto the...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
Thu, 14 Nov 2013 11:01:04 -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...
VDO Vacuum Guage Installation 91 Carat
Historical mailing list - mark keller
Sat, 6 Dec 1997 12:43:28 -0400
...has the identical green and orange areas of the later model tachometers, I got it from SUMMIT RACING, a mail order, place in Tallmage...
Re: Trusting Your Machine
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Fri, 2 Jul 2004 16:06:26 -0800
...Four days later we were pulling out of Whitehorse, YT, Canada at 9:00pm on a Friday night when I noticed that our tachometer...
Re: Am I asking too much for my van?
Historical mailing list - lbmelman
Sat, 13 Apr 2002 03:01:39 -0700
...flap mechanism needs repair), heater works >fine, custom gauges installed (VDO tachometer in stalk mounted cup next to >instrument cluster, VDO voltage and 80psi...
Re: Battery Light
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Mon, 7 Jan 2008 15:35:39 -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: Warning light
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Thu, 6 Nov 2014 06:30:01 -0500
The buzzer/warning light goes off together and is located In the temperature gauge ( tachometer) Not by the oil can warning light speedometer area...
Re: speed sensor (subie conversion question)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 7 Jul 2009 13:12:09 -0700
...a rebuilt transmission put in last Thursday, I noticed that > my tachometer does not go above 1200 RPMs. I am assuming this has to...
Re: master brake light misbehaving - fixed
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 1 Aug 2010 21:37:10 -0700
...be between the Subaruengine and electronics and that brake warning light ..tachometer or VSS are the only things that remotely occur to me ...also...
Re: anyone added a tach/digi clock cluster to a '85 Non-GL or Transporter????
Historical mailing list
Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:30:10 EST
...brown is the coolant temp ground T7a-5 green is the Tachometer T7a-6 red/blk is the starter T7a-7 yel/red is...
trip report and gas mileage
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:50:23 -0700
...However, since I was starting to get into the whole spirt of the challenge, I installed a tachometer and a set of Bosch Plus...
Re: Where is the AFM?
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Wed, 19 Dec 2001 07:57:01 -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: Buying from German Ebay.. Hard/Easy?
Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:36:17 -0800
...your tongue. > I love to browse the German site for diesel tachometers @ > > http://tinylink.com/?4QVTHgHvy2 > > But there are many other VW parts as...
Re: Battery Light
Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:20:50 -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...
Fuel pump shutting off???
Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
Sat, 2 Feb 2002 14:47:26 -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: Stuttering at 3000 rpm
Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
Thu, 1 May 2003 08:02:09 -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: 84 vs. 85 differences, swapping AC?
Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
Thu, 8 Dec 2005 08:08:35 -0800
...steering - had a rear windshield wiper - had a clock instead of tachometer - had a mysterious black plastic bulge on the right interior wall about...
Re: I Love My New Cruise Control (Long)
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:12:25 -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...