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• Re: Fuel Gauge Behavior Changed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:54:21 -0400
  ...Rocket (?lettuce?) ;-) "Not understood by me" not-equals "arbitrary." I rather suspect those are approximate redlines for the non-tachometer manual transmission crowd. Yrs...
• Re: # tachometer ideas
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 05:47:30 EST
  In a message dated 12/27/01 4:45:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, rfeussner@GMX.DE writes: << I think "drive-by-ear" is...
• Re: New iginition coil behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:33:07 -0700
  ...3 prongs > > post doesn't do anything. > > The same connection on the old ignition coil makes the tachometer work > > again.... I scratch my head.... :-) > > > > >
• 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 15:08:40 -0600
  What's up with this?? I replaced the coil on Volksiebus with a brand new Bosch coil - VW spec'd. The tach worked right...
• Cruise Control Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 17:20:33 -0700
  ...Motor speed via tachometer? Driveshaft rotation? How does it know how "fast" the venerable beast is going? I recently had a miserable experience with...
• Re: Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:36:13 -0700
  ...Just google "digital tachometer". http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_524744_524744 David --- tinker man <tinkerman007@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > On...
• Audible Coolant alarm opinions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 1 Mar 2018 20:15:56 -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: What does GL mean?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Mar 1996 21:12:29 -0500
  ...In 85, you should have a tachometer and power steering as part of the GL package. Dennis.
• Tach & Oil temp
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 09:52:15 EDT
  ...I seem to recall 210 is typical? Furthermore i would like to add a tachometer. how difficult is this and $$$. Where do you get...
• Re: Strange & Neat instrument on Samba
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:08:04 -0800
  ...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: Timing Issues
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:20:44 -0800
  ...That's crazy for a simple tachometer. I have a 4 stroke Tiny Tach (http://www.tinytach.com/) that I used to use on...
• Tachometer/fuel gauge into my '82
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 07:20:08 -0700
  Hi Folks, I was at the wrecker yesterday looking for a tach to retro into my 82. Of all the dead buses I found...
• Re: Tachless Vanagons (1984)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 23:59:52 +1200
  ...has a large clock in place of something useful, like the tachometer that >I'll bet most of you have. Vans previous to the...
• Re: Improvement or desecration?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 13:22:15 -0600
  ...cut > dash to fit that new CD player or a gigantic tachometer crammed into > the > dash? > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE...
• Re: Looking fer trailer hitches
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Tue, 20 Feb 2001 22:10:41 -1000
  ...Looking fer trailer hitches > ... > > >my suggestion would be to install a tachometer and oil temp gauge as > >well. and a cylinder head temp gauge...
• Re: Insturment Cluster
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:52:10 -0700
  ...because they don't have a tachometer. :) Wish it did, but the instructions to add it scared me off. So, your cluster must be...
• Re: Warning light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 19 Dec 2014 21:20:50 -0500
  ...The buzzer is on the L-shaped circuit board located inside the speedometer, which parses the two sender inputs and the tachometer signal and...
• Re: Tach in place of clock....
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 10:44:28 -0700
  ...Thu, Jun 3, 1999, 10:34 AM > > Has anyone ever installed a tachometer inplace of the clock on the dash of > an '84 or...
• Re: low temp gauge reading need ideas...
  Historical mailing list - rsf
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:10:20 -0500
  ...This is on the rear of the insturment cluster.Looks like a transister with 3 prongs, and a screw.Right behind the tachometer.This...
• Dynamic Oil Pressure Sensor behind Speedo, how do they work, wiring diagrams, tachometer changes, etc
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mundy
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 00:13:04 +1000
  ...On the surface the way ahead is to put the 89 Speedo into the 84 Cluster with Tachometer. One of the challenges I have...
• Re: Digitool and Instrument Cluster LEDs
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 29 Dec 1999 22:38:22 -0500
  ...David Marshall wrote: > I am currently installing a 87 Golf GTI tachometer into the instrument > cluster of my 84 Westfalia (who needs that clock...
• Re: cruising speed and MPG
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 22:07:37 -0400
  Do you have a tachometer? If yes, assuming stock tires and gears, 3800 rpm is ~68 mph. If running 205/70, you are going...
• Speedo Cable question
  Historical mailing list - Peter Young
  Sat, 1 Mar 2008 23:41:45 -0500
  So, I have an 81' and I am doing an instrument panel swap so that I have a Tachometer. I have the instructions for...
• Dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sat, 15 Nov 2014 15:20:24 -0800
  Hi all, about a week a go I lost the use of the two lights which illuminate the speedometer and tachometer from the top...
• Re: shift points
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 12 Oct 95 11:00:42 PDT
  Ed writes: > Last night I installed one of those $19.95 tachometers in my '72 bus. > It's pretty cool to watch the needle...
• Re: Conversion? JETTA ENGINE??
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:32:46 -0500
  ...The 2002tii was just an regular 2002 with larger front brakes, a rear sway bar, wider rims, a tachometer instead of a clock, and...
• Bus Depot Instrument Cluster Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Yellow Van
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 12:54:57 GMT
  I recently bought a metric instrument cluster with tachometer from Bus Depot which I understood could be a straight replacement for the non tacho...
• Re: Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:18:20 +0200
  ...Just google "digital tachometer". Pretty nice, but: 1. They don't ship worldwide. 2. I need a tach just for tuning (e.g. adjusting...
• Re: Electrical question (Coil terminals)
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:59:28 -0700
  ...The wire coming from the Hal sender has the signal for your tachometer. I am not sure if you can use it directly off...
• Re: Tachometer in a weekender?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:52:48 -0700
  It's not "rocket surgery". However, I've been behind my dash too many times to count so my POV is somewhat skewed. ;) My...
• Re: Which tachometer? 400-1300Hz or 800-2400Hz
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 1 May 2011 12:56:59 -0700
  And this meager info is all that I can find. Hm. Four coil firings equals two full revolutions of the crankshaft, if I remember...
• Re: Tach goes down, engine cuts out, then back again ...
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:50:47 -0400
  ...t tell him what it can cause it. > He says, the tachometer drops, the engine cuts out, than back again. So, he can't...
• Re: Strange & Neat instrument on Samba
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:13:27 -0800
  ...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: RPM vs MPH
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 14:23:36 -0500
  << I have been using the tachometer as a rough estimator for speed, about 3000 rpm I think equates to slow highway speed with about...
• Re: New owner with question
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 03:50:46 -0800
  I'll disagree, only because my Camper didn't come with a tachometer. :>} Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote: Others will surely disagree, but...
• Re: Leak Under Steering Column
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:07:39 -0700
  ...Glad to have that fixed, but now the tachometer is dead. Apparently someone long ago did a really crappy repair to the foil where...
• Re: junkyard finds
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 17:41:29 EDT
  ...The IC was unusual, with a KPH speedo and a tachometer. The counter man looked at the swivel tables and rolled his eyes. He...
• Re: Dealer prices on CD-ROM
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 01:31:01 +0200
  ...the price locally against the US price, say > of a 1987 tachometer, I cannot do it, because they have no way of finding > the...
• Re: OXS Light... what model years was it used?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 22 Nov 2002 18:58:34 -0600
  ...My '85 had one until I replaced the instrument cluster with a later model European housing to gain a tachometer. Kind of a worthless...
• Instrument Housing
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Sun, 19 Dec 2004 22:46:17 -0700
  ...Does anyone on the list have a instrument housing (the black shell onto which the speedometer, tachometer, clock, switches etc mount) which is appropriate...
• Re: Timing 1.9,2.1 engines
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:17:40 -0500
  ...Connect tachometer. (optional) 5. Restart engine and run up to more than 2000 RPM. (~2500 works well) 6. Disconnect BLUE CONNECTOR from Temp sensor...
• Re: RPM vs MPH
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:31:49 -0600
  ...I have been using the tachometer as a rough estimator > for speed, about 3000 rpm I think equates to slow highway speed with > about...
• Ignition Coil and Hall sender
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Fri, 28 May 2004 21:02:48 -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...
• Hate to do this, but....
  Historical mailing list - Jon Ulrigg (Rho)
  Wed, 23 Nov 94 10:20:33 PST
  ...for this year range, some assorted parts, jack stands, timing light, tachometer, etc. that I will gladly add. Asking $4200. If interested, please email...
• Re: Dream guages
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 14:09:23 -0800
  > I've actually looked into using a bicycle computer as a tachometer for > my wife's Eurovan. It is trivial to hook up, and...
• Re: Ignition Timming procedure for 84 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 15:04:26 -0400
  ...Connect tachometer. Unplug idle stabilizer and plug the two connectors into each other. Adjust idle to 850 +/-50 rpm Set timing mark on inner...
• Re: tachometer light fixture has been removed
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:50:36 -0700
  When I call them, list membership doesn't mean anything to them, but being out of state means a nice discount. They're probably...
• Re: Tach goes down, engine cuts out, then back again ...
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 21:54:13 -0600
  > His car cuts out and I can't tell him what it can cause it. > He says, the tachometer drops, the engine cuts out...
• Wiring theory confirmation please. (adding Jetta tach + Vanagon oil pressure PCB)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:59:26 -0700
  ...I'm "in there" adding a "dynamic oil pressure system control unit" to my Jetta conversion, so want to install the Jetta tachometer I...
• Re: Warning Lights Audible Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 25 May 2010 10:47:34 -0700
  ...Engineer speaking). > Better than a delay would be to monitor the tachometer pulse and only fire the buzzer if there's tach activity and...
• Re: high beam indicator
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Thu, 18 Nov 1999 07:24:49 -0500
  ...I happend to get the LED out of a Rabbit instrument cluster that I took the tachometer out of and replaced my Vanagon clock...
• when making a left turn, parking brake light comes on??? ideas?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 04:13:00 EST
  ...swapped out the dash cluster for a dash cluster with a tachometer. I am using the same switch block for the parking brake indicator...
• Re: Question about '85s
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Wed, 10 Feb 2016 06:18:33 -0500
  ...8, 2016, at 4:36 PM, thewestyman <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET >>>> <javascript:;>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Is that true that all ‘85 campers has to have ‘tachometer’? >>>> Zoltan >>>
• Re: Tachometer/fuel gauge from '89 Vanagon into my '81
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 21 Sep 1999 13:00:33 -0400
  Michael S. Nichols wrote: > > Good evening all. I have acquired the tach/fuel gauge/water temp gauge > from an '89 for my '81. ( Yes...
• Re: bumpers and tables on vanagon questions
  Historical mailing list - Derek Krueger
  Thu, 16 May 2002 11:36:08 -0400
  ...It had the full Westy kitchen and poptop, but added features > that only became standard a year later (tachometer, cloth seats, even > available A...
• FS: 87 Westy in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Thu, 2 Mar 2000 11:48:49 -0800
  ...full camper, cruise control, A/C, alloy wheels, power mirrors, bra included, tachometer, am/fm cassette, tinted windows, metallic gray. Other: It's had...
• Re: Wolfsburg Edition???
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 06:43:28 -0500
  ...Does it have a tachometer? Do the front seats have arm rests? Those are both '85 features that, I believe, were offered with the...
• Re: Tach goes down, engine cuts out, then back again ...
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Mon, 2 Oct 2006 11:34:47 -0700
  ...t tell him what it can cause it. >He says, the tachometer drops, the engine cuts out, than back again. So, he can't...
• A couple of questions.
  Historical mailing list - DW
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:41:41 -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...
• Wolfsburg parts into regular Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Bernhard Schmidt
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 14:42:31 -0800
  ...or whether this requires welding...? Also, how about exchanging a Wolfsburg Tachometer for the regular clock? Is the cable to the engine part of...