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• Eureka! I Bled the Coolant
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 16:48:41 -0800
  ...For $32 they "loaned" me a nice kid who jacked up my van & attached a Snap On tachometer. He'd never bled a Vanagon...
• Re: GoWesty's Instrument Cluster Circuit Board?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Mon, 1 Dec 2014 12:05:43 -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...
• Re: Help needed fixing the tabs an instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 13:22:43 -0700
  ...my 85 > cluster, which is cracked and didn't have a tachometer. When it > arrived, I discovered,much to my surprise, that two of...
• Re: Anyone know how to calibrate the speedo?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:38:54 -0400
  ...Like this one; http://cgi.ebay.com/RC-Model-Motor-Profession-Tachometer-GT-Power-AC685-/260727786974 to make it possible on the bench. But...
• Re: Tachometer in a weekender?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 05:11:04 -0700
  I've attempted the changeover for my 84...a couple of times. It's an involved procedure, what with changing a lot of tiny...
• Re: Tight Valves/RPM.
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:23:07 -0700
  ...Then it can only be the revolution counter differences or gearing differences. Tachometers can and do differ a bit. Usually not 10%. cheers, pensioner
• Re: Tachometer retrofit: 85 to 86
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Sat, 6 Jul 2002 17:15:38 -0400
  On 7/6/02 2:31 PM, "Edward Maglott" <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US> wrote: > I thought I had kept a copy of some...
• Re: Diesel Alternator Question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 09:27:20 -0700
  The W terminal is for the diesel tachometer. The dynamic oil pressure system will not work without it. I doubt that the basic internal...
• Re: tachometer light fixture has been removed
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 08:26:41 -0400
  At 09:32 PM 6/17/03 +0000, you wrote: >I called the local VW dealer, and they can order the fixture/bulb unit...
• Re: Insturment Cluster
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:55:37 +0000
  ...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: What's a "carat"?
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 23:00:36 -0400
  ...A tachometer. Lowered springs all around (a lower ride height). Power windows and locks. Cruise control. Power mirrors. Plastic bumpers with matching full length...
• Re: Some AC retrofit links + 134a retrofit
  Historical mailing list - Hajasz
  Mon, 31 May 1999 21:32:29 -0400
  ...No tachometer and only manual mirrors. Steve Hajasz 90 Vanagon GL 90 Vanagon (Base Model) 84 Rabbit Convertible Joel Walker wrote: > > > Steve Hajasz > > 90...
• Re: Dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:59:14 -0500
  ...Reach down under the tachometer. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of - Bruce Todd Sent: Saturday...
• Re: Tachometer troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 22:10:57 -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: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:00:38 -0400
  ...On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Richard Smith (Smirby) <smirby@gmail.com> wrote: > I try to use the tachometer to govern...
• Re: Warning Lights Audible Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Thu, 27 May 2010 12:19:57 -0700
  ...d be trivial to > monitor oil, alternator, coolant level, headlights, and tachometer > from the wires leading TO the cluster and splice into them BEFORE...
• Re: [DIESEL] Diesel Vanagon Tachometer-Yes!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 May 2000 04:41:08 -0400
  Hmmmm... I like this idea better! A strobotach! I've actually used such things checking motor speeds onboard Naval ships. >You can paint white...
• Re: when making a left turn, parking brake light comes on??? ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 14:05:11 +0100
  ...swapped out the dash cluster for a dash cluster with a >tachometer. > >I am using the same switch block for the parking brake indicator...
• My "PolterGauge" (Instrument Cluster ;-)
  Historical mailing list - patrice b
  Sun, 2 Jun 2002 09:40:42 -0700
  ...oxy sensor and battery lights, tachometer, fuel guage, and TEMPERATURE guage especially working on this vehichle now more than I did when I bought...
• Re: Instrument Cluster w/ Tach
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 21:46:48 -0700
  I've installed a 1989 Jetta tachometer into my 1984 Westfalia. Took me about 2 hours but I did it! At 08:37 PM...
• Golf II speedo fit Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 17 Feb 2001 16:17:15 +1200
  I know some members have fitted Golf II tachometers into Vanagon clusters. Has anyone tried to fit a Golf II speedometer? I'd like...
• mechanic for 5-cyl vw quantum ?
  Historical mailing list - walter bahm
  Wed, 4 Jul 2001 09:08:42 -0700
  ...notice tachometer needle jumps to 2-3k rpm as you turn the ignition switch; after which all engine leds die. (bad coil ?) disconnected radiator...
• Lurch at 2900 RPM
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
  Thu, 6 Dec 2001 13:27:29 -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: when making a left turn, parking brake light comes on??? ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:19:13 -0500
  ...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: New owner with question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:00:51 -0600
  ...ll disagree, only because my Camper didn't come with a tachometer. > :>} > > Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote: > Others will surely disagree, but the...
• places to put gauges
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Sep 1994 22:53:14 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Well, I'm installing a tachometer (3-1/8") in the empty slot right alongside the speedometer. RMMW sells an adapter ring (#938-842...
• Re: temperatures on 70 westie
  Historical mailing list - John_K_Hopp
  Mon, 19 Jun 1995 07:04:57 -0600 (MDT)
  ...counter = tachometer, no? I'd like one for my '70 Kombi--which one fits in that (unused) clock-hole?? Does VDO ($$) have one that...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:02:26 -0700
  ...Got power steering or tachometer on your 'real' Vanagon ? lol. Drive a good say ..87 and later Vanagon sometime, especially a non-westy ... Some...
• Re: source for cheap aftermarket tach
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 9 Oct 2004 10:14:39 -0600
  ...Has anybody seen a cheap tachometer at another > retailer that they can recommend? > > Edward > > Check the FLAPS. One of them usually has the low...
• Re: cruising speed and MPG
  Historical mailing list - Chasteen, Jonathan M. MM3 (CVN69)
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 22:20:10 -0400
  ...cruising speed and MPG Do you have a tachometer? If yes, assuming stock tires and gears, 3800 rpm is ~68 mph. If running 205...
• newbie ? and tach install described
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 09:28:00 EDT
  ...Perhaps sediment in tank? Added a tachometer (more on that later). Van seems to idle around 1000 rpm and quickly goes up to 4000...
• Dream guages
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 17:01:46 -0500 (EST)
  I've actually looked into using a bicycle computer as a tachometer for my wife's Eurovan. It is trivial to hook up, and...
• Temp. gauge needle directions? What's RIGHT and LEFT?
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 21:38:52 -0700
  ...my tempgauge that's in the lower left quadrant of the tachometer. The "cold" end of my gauge is definitely to the "right" (counter...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Fri, 10 Jan 2014 01:14:18 -0800
  ...88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install > > OK - two wires got to a combination plug. No way to get that plug wrong > - won...
• Re: Crazy idea?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:02:19 -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: tach quit, help with printed foil circuit board
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:40:50 -0400
  ...Plug in connector and check continuity from coil to the tachometer terminal connected to pin 9. For a quick check, if you touch that...
• Re: tachometers
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 08:32:44 -0800
  That's right, 86s should have the tach wiring in place. You can check easily by looking closely at the ignition coil. There will...
• Re: Alternator with "W" connector
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:13:51 -0700
  A W connector is used by Diesel engines with tachometers. To the best of my knowledge that is what it's for. Next most...
• Re: source for cheap aftermarket tach
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
  Sat, 9 Oct 2004 08:32:27 -0400
  ...Has anybody seen a cheap tachometer at another retailer that they can recommend? Edward
• Re: vanagon Digest - 6 Jul 2009 to 7 Jul 2009 - Special issue (#2009-546)
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 7 Jul 2009 18:30:03 -0500
  ...speed sensor (subie conversion question) > > After having a rebuilt transmission put in last Thursday, I noticed > that my tachometer does not go above 1200...
• Re: flashing light on temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 13:18:55 -0700
  ...I have found this to be the case on numerous 85 and newer temp gauges on tachometer equipped models. The temp gauge on large...
• Re: Engine Cranks but No Start
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:47:05 -0400
  ...I've been thinking that maybe the tachometer will not work if the ECU is below this voltage threshold. Check to see if the...
• Can the instrument cluster Plexiglas be removed?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:28:39 -0800
  ...with the 29" tall tires) and a 1990 Jetta Turbo Diesel tachometer. I do not want to have a digital clock as I want...
• Re: NEED instrument cluster housing
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 09:45:57 -0400
  ...I was told the ETKA part number for the tachometer is 255 919 253 (Good for 1980 to 1984) and for the instrument housing...
• Tachometer woes continued...
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sun, 9 Dec 2001 17:04:33 -0800
  Volks, Still cant get the tach to work even after a installing a new (used) printed circuit. All of the wiring around the inst...
• Engine dies, now which distributor?? (long winded)
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:01:43 -0500
  ...The van - 1988 Vanagon GL The symptoms - While driving, engine would cut out / die for a second, tachometer immediately goes to 0. Looked around...
• Re: instrument cluster swap
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 3 May 2004 19:51:12 -0400
  Jonathan, I put an 87 cluster into my 85 because I wanted a tachometer. I had to swap the whole cluster because the 85...
• FOR SALE: diesel & gas instrument clusters with tach for sale
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:02:55 -0700
  ...It came from a 2wd bus and get this- has the tachometer. Yes, this is a diesel tach- you can tell by the range...
• Re: Instrument Pod Re-wire
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 8 Oct 2010 16:16:07 -0700
  I did that for my TriStar - as I have no conventional tachometer / water temp / fuel gauge in there anymore. � Just used 18ga wire and...
• Re: RPM vs MPH
  Historical mailing list - Doran Nugent
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 10:30:57 -0800
  ...I have been using the tachometer > as a rough estimator > for speed, about 3000 rpm I think equates to slow > highway speed with > about...
• For Sale 88 Vanagon - Dallas, Texas
  Historical mailing list - Bradley D Staal
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 19:01:17 -0500
  ...It has not been looked at to determine the problem) seperate front and rear heater cores cruise control AM/FM Cassette Stereo tachometer intermittant...
• Re: tach in an 85
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Jun 2011 12:17:04 -0700
  ...A tachometer version doesn't have that hole.. Though it wouldn't be too horrible to have a small unneeded hole there in the...
• Re: Warning Lights Audible Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 26 May 2010 21:37:40 -0700
  ...d be trivial to monitor > oil, alternator, coolant level, headlights, and tachometer from the wires > leading TO the cluster and splice into them BEFORE...
• Re: Strange & Neat instrument on Samba
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:25:17 -0400
  ...vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=529764 > >It's the upside down Tachometer in the middle picture. >It has a secondary gauge at the top...
• 1-800-Howsmydriving?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 22:38:02 -0700
  ...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: air-cooled newbie
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 07:48:29 -0500
  ...My suggestions would be to add an oil temp gauge (lets you know if your working the engine too hard), a tachometer (I always...
• Re: master cylinder, where is it
  Historical mailing list - onanov
  Mon, 26 May 2003 11:16:40 -0500
  It's between your speedometer and tachometer. Lift the cover of the instrument cluster to find the refill reservoir. Possibly one of the oddest...
• Re: Strange & Neat instrument on Samba
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:25:10 -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: Clock doesn't work after radio repair
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:19:45 -0500
  ...Also, the tachometer varies it's readings, sometimes reading as much as 1K low! I looked at the connectors in the Syncro, and ended...
• Re: Tachometer in a weekender?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 08:21:22 -0700
  It's right at least twice a day! On Wednesday, June 24, 2015, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > I've attempted the changeover...