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• Instrument Cluster w/Tach on eBay
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Mon, 2 Oct 2000 09:06:59 -0400
  ...Vanagon instrument cluster with all gauges, speedometer and tachometer. This was taken out of my 1991 that I am parting out. This will fit...
• Re: Vanagons with stock tachometers???
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 21:26:21 EDT
  They were in the instrument cluster where you have your clock. Don't worry they have a digital clock in the center like later...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 8 Dec 2021 15:10:01 -0800
  ...35 PM Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Yup, speedometer, Odometer & Tachometer! > > >>> So many gauges on these old VW’s! > > >>> But no Thermometer! > > >>> > > >>> Sent...
• Aircooled Redline?
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Tue, 10 Oct 1995 15:38:01 MST
  ...I've got the 1776cc w/Engle 110, but have never had a tachometer hooked to it. What does VW say? It was curiousity...
• shift points
  Historical mailing list - Ed.
  Thu, 12 Oct 1995 13:28:00 EDT
  Last night I installed one of those $19.95 tachometers in my '72 bus. It's pretty cool to watch the needle bounce around...
• Improvement or desecration?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 12:54:21 -0600
  ...window or a split-window bus with a cut dash to fit that new CD player or a gigantic tachometer crammed into the dash?
• Re: Tachometer retrofit: 85 to 86 (Long Message)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 00:01:36 -0400
  At 10:11 PM 7/10/2002, Edward Maglott wrote: >The part about tapping into the wires for the DOPS while they are still...
• Re: how to replace tachometer light?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:02:16 -0400
  On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, David Most wrote: > Since the fixture is easily broken, can you tell me precisely which > direction I should push...
• FS: vanagon instrument cluster w/ tachometer/digital clock
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:49:36 EST
  i have a inst. cluster from a late model vanagon w/ tach/digi. clock. this will fit all vanagons. nice upgrade for early westys...
• '94 Jetta Tachometer in Vanagon. Tach Pinout? (pic)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:10:09 -0700
  ...From his post: " - The hardest part of the whole swap was determining what leads were what in the tachometer. On the 85 thru 89...
• Re: Glow Shift Tachometer - what shift RPM?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:51:24 -0500
  ...The big question is what is a safe max RPM to >run the motor at - the tachometer has a set of lights that glow...
• Re: 87 Syncro Weekender Trivia
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 16 Feb 2005 10:30:42 -0800
  ...It had power steering, power mirrors and cruise, but no tachometer or Wolfsburg Edition badges. There are blue interior photos on the Wolfsburg_Campers...
• FS: vanagon instrument cluster w/ tach/digital clock...upgrade your older van
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 01:10:36 EDT
  ...vanagon instrument cluster w/ tachometer/digital clock.. nice upgrade for older vanagons without the tach.. easy retrofit, ive done it before to both a...
• Re: Strange & Neat instrument on Samba
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:47:59 -0500
  ...vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=529764 > > It's the upside down Tachometer in the middle picture. > It has a secondary gauge at the top...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 18:32:16 -0500
  ...88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install OK - two wires got to a combination plug. No way to get that plug wrong - won...
• GoWesy's Instrument Cluster Circuit Board?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 19:17:24 -0800
  ...id=24189 It's a bit spendy at $280 for the tachometer version, but my foil already has a very fragile repair, so I...
• Help needed fixing the tabs an instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Peter R. Guerzenich Small
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 13:36:03 -0600
  Hi, I recently bought an 86+ instrument cluster on ebay, to replace my 85 cluster, which is cracked and didn't have a tachometer...
• Substituting Tachometer for Clock
  Historical mailing list - Craig Morton
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 16:31:06 -0800
  Looking at substituting a tachometer from a '90 Vanagon for a clock in an '86 Vanagon. Several questions ..... � 1. Will the '90 tach fit...
• Re: Success: tachometer in my TD Syncro Westy!
  Historical mailing list - Detlev Hanschke
  Sat, 3 Apr 1999 13:42:28 EST
  Hi Mark , The system from the Tach is more then simple. The Tach is not realy correct so you get a sertan amount of...
• Re: Which tachometer? 400-1300Hz or 800-2400Hz
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 1 May 2011 10:46:41 -0700
  ...ignitions, most square wave electronic control ignitions > with tachometer output terminal, and alternators with "w" > tachometer terminal. > > Eguauges does not know what difference there...
• Re: Success: tachometer in my TD Syncro Westy!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 2 Apr 1999 20:42:44 -0500
  ...Date: Friday, April 02, 1999 3:49 PM >Subject: Re: Success: tachometer in my TD Syncro Westy! > > >>Hi, Karl. What have you done to...
• Tachometer troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Shawley
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 21:35:36 -0400
  ...My tachometer does not work, when I first picked up the van and was doing nitty gritty cleaning I had the gauge cluster off...
• Re: Diesel Tach, Who's got'em?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Fri, 15 Aug 1997 18:54:37 -0700
  Auto Avionics has tachometers that can use a proximity sensor which gets its signal off the alternator fan blades. They have 5,000 rpm...
• Re: Vanagons with stock tachometers???
  Historical mailing list - Chris Shoesmith
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 22:38:26 -0500
  At 07:58 PM 8/30/99 -0400, Michael S. Nichols wrote: >Were there such futuristic devices in any Vanagons? What years, and where...
• Re: Oh oh, power problem
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 15:28:58 -0600
  ...The tachometer is also pulsed by the hall sender when the hall sender pulses the coil. So if the tach is steady when the...
• 85+ tach in 84 Westfalia clock module?
  Historical mailing list - portrez
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 21:44:26 -0800
  I hate not having a tachometer in my '84 Westy. Can the '85 and later tach module replace the '84 clock module? Both have...
• upgrading gauges
  Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:13:50 -0400
  Anybody tried switching out the early Vanagon instrument pod (which has big analog clock in the space where I WISH a tachometer was) with...
• Tach goes down, engine cuts out, then back again ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 2 Oct 2006 09:15:38 -0700
  ...He says, the tachometer drops, the engine cuts out, than back again. So, he can't drive it and it drives him nuts. Any...
• Re: Which tachometer? 400-1300Hz or 800-2400Hz
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 1 May 2011 22:03:14 -0700
  ...Which tachometer? 400-1300Hz or 800-2400Hz > > Ignore the alternator information. > > what you want is a tach that works on 12 volts, negative ground...
• speed sensor (subie conversion question)
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Mon, 6 Jul 2009 22:09:10 -0800
  After having a rebuilt transmission put in last Thursday, I noticed that my tachometer does not go above 1200 RPMs. I am assuming this...
• Re: Tach & Oil temp
  Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 14:39:41 -0400
  In a message dated 97-09-18 10:18:42 EDT, henning@FP.COM writes: << Furthermore i would like to add a tachometer. how...
• gauges (what next?)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:13:27 -0700
  ...Oil temp? Oil pressure? Tachometer? Something else? Thanks, Bill (Bill@freeholder.com) ---------------------------------------------------------- 90% of life is just showing up. HTTP://www.freeholder.com
• Gas tachometer in a Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 15:08:21 -0800
  I am looking at replacing the instrument panel in my �82 D-Westy with a later model gas one. My main reason is to...
• Strange & Neat instrument on Samba
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:27:13 -0400
  ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=529764 It's the upside down Tachometer in the middle picture. It has a secondary...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 11 Dec 2021 11:15:58 -0500
  ...Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer > > Yes, > > I thought it might be fun some day to add another USB voltage outlet connected to the...
• Re: red mark on metric odometer
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 1 May 2001 14:14:10 -0700
  ...red mark on metric odometer > > > > These marks, if like the ones on my 84, which has no tachometer, > > are approximations of when you should...
• Re: 84 vs. 85 differences, swapping AC? & westy a/c system for sale
  Historical mailing list - wkendall
  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 08:38:06 -0800
  ...No tachometer, but I had a friend who bought, I think, an 85 and it had a tachometer - I think it was a 5...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:11:45 -0500
  ...Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer > > Hi Dave, > > Replying and hopefully your message goes through. > > Interestingly, I actually have many additional gages on the...
• Re: Fuel Guage callibration
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:37:38 -0800
  ...Fuel Guage callibration > Swapping out clusters (adding a tachometer) did change > the way my fuel gage read. I just retrofitted my '84 > non-tach...
• Re: Tachometer in a weekender?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:11:16 -0700
  Did you go donor vehicle? Replace the whole cluster or just the one gauge? Does there exist a procedure for accomplishing this? On Tuesday...
• Re: Tach year breaks/ part numbers
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:02:18 -0400
  Hi Jonce, When I was finishing up the Zetec installation in my '85 Westy I just swapped in the tachometer from a late Vanagon...
• Parts shipping assistance from Germany
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 30 May 2002 16:36:49 EDT
  ...The consist of two (2) sidegates, one (1) tailgate, one (1) side door, one (1) engine door, one (1) diesel tachometer, and one (1...
• Part needed: printed circuit
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 07:02:15 -0700
  ...This is the big plastic and copper piece behind the tachometer and speedometer. The part number is 251 919 059 K , and it fits...
• Tachometer retrofit: 85 to 86
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 6 Jul 2002 14:31:35 -0400
  I thought I had kept a copy of some info on doing this swap, but have lost it. Does somebody have a copy of...
• 88' Jetta Tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Fri, 23 Jan 2004 03:43:02 +0000
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE>Will a tach out of an 88' Jetta fit in my 87' Syncro GL? I want...
• LED Bar-graph tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:11:26 -0400
  Hi Volks, Anyone here ever build an LED bar-graph tach for their bus/vanagon? I am looking to get a bit more engine...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 8 Dec 2021 20:47:30 -0500
  ...35 PM Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Yup, speedometer, Odometer & Tachometer! >>>>>> So many gauges on these old VW’s! >>>>>> But no Thermometer! >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent...
• Re: Tachometer Needle-How To Remove
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:27:54 +0000
  Never mind, folks, sorry, I figured out the lower portion separates and you don't need to remove the needle! Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message...
• Re: Vangon Luxury
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 11:42:08 -0500
  ...to enjoy the van with the 3rd and 4th gear "audio tachometer." :-) -Karl Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA '87 GL Weekender "Beverley" VW...
• Re: Vanagons with stock tachometers???
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 22:58:44 EDT
  In a message dated 99-08-30 21:27:11 EDT, KENWILFY@AOL.COM writes: << They are in some '85 and all 86-91...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - C Snyder
  Sat, 11 Dec 2021 17:05:58 +0000
  ...Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer > > Yes, > >      I thought it might be fun some day to add another USB voltage outlet connected to the...
• Re: 7k tachometers
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 15:42:08 +1200
  The Golf II 7000rpm tacho (and 220kmh speedo) use housings of the same shape as the van's, and should be relatively simple to...
• 85 Westy FS
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 10:49:39 -0700
  ...new Michelin MX reinforced tires (185 R x 14) power steering tachometer dual heaters radio / cassette player brand new exhaust The interior is like...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 9 Dec 2021 10:35:12 -0500
  ...Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer > > Also, compass, built in navigation, seat warmers, microwave, and ice maker. > > But, come to think of it, I...
• Spark Coil Failure
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:54:55 -0500
  While on a Westy search I noticed that my tachometer wasn't displaying the proper Rpms for my speed in 4th gear. This was...
• Digifant hand-held tach connections
  Historical mailing list - John
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 17:40:35 -0500
  List members, It seems clear that because of the characteristics of the Digifant ignition control, a hand-held tachometer doesn't work. However the...
• Re: tachometer light fixture has been removed
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:09:31 -0700
  ...17, 2003 2:32 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: tachometer light fixture has been removed Thanks to everyone for the instructions. I...
• Instrument panel circuit film needed (1986 or later)
  Historical mailing list - email99
  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:58:00 -0400
  ...the electrical circuit film on the back of the instrument cluster) for a 1986 or later Vanagon (with tachometer), . I just got an email...
• Re: Speedometer Circuitry?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:13:09 -0700
  ...Hmmm, I thought the oil pressure circutry used the engine speed as a trigger parameter taken from the tachometer drive circuitry. I'll have...
• Re: FS jumpseat sidepanel covers
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:55:04 -0500
  Forget the tachometer, I want the 4 speed automatic they mention - several times! The cabinets look like they came from the place EuroCampers gets...