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Tachometer needle sweeps all the way over
Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
Thu, 10 Jul 2014 09:51:14 -0700
Hello All, The tachometer needle on my '85 Westy swings all the way over past redline and stays there whenever the ignition is on...
1988 Jetta Tachometer installed into 1984 Westie - SUCCESS!
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Fri, 31 Mar 2000 21:01:53 -0800
Installing the 1988 Jetta Tachometer into my 84 Westie took about 4 hours but I think it was worth it and looking back at...
Talking tachometer? (NVC)
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:09:34 -0400
...One of her colleagues has a client who works on small engines and would like a tachometer that talks when he adjusts carburetors and...
Re: TiiCo engine conversions.
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:20:45 -0800
If where the red line is really bothers you, you could get a VDO tachometer that has both the fuel gauge and temp gauge...
I have no tachometer
Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:13:21 -0400
Hello, My camper has a clock instead of a tachometer. The clock is nice and all, but I think I would prefer a tachometer...
Early 80s compatible tachometer
Historical mailing list - Kirk Hockin
Fri, 7 May 2004 11:43:44 -0700
Hello Listees, I'm wanting to install a Tachometer in my 83 WBX Westy. While I realize that Jetta tachs and VDO aftermarket tachs...
Wonky Tachometer when 45f or colder
Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:16:37 -0500
...Also, sometimes, when the tachometer is not working and I tap the top of the cluster cover, the tachometer will start to work. And...
Re: Tachometer question
Historical mailing list
Tue, 22 Apr 1997 09:11:59 -0700
It might not be possible to hook up any old tachometer. The engine uses a Hall-effect distributor, and finding a place where the...
Wanterd: tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing
Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:22:56 -0400
I'm trying to get a hold of a tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing for my 1980 Westy. I believe it is a...
NOBODY HAS THEM: tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing
Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:49:45 -0400
...tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing > I'm trying to get a hold of a tachometer and plastic instrument cluster > housing for my 1980...
tachometer for diesel
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Sat, 9 Jul 2011 13:23:10 -0700
Anyone have any ideas on where to find a tachometer for a diesel? Specifically an AAZ that's going in my 87 syncro. Not...
Speedometer/tachometer window cleaning...
Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
Mon, 16 Nov 1998 11:16:18 EST
Did anyone ever disassemble and clean inside the speedometer/tachometer window lens? My 88 Weekender has dust particles inside it and I want to...
signal to 85 Tach.
Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:04:44 -0400
Can anyone tell me what the input signal is for the Tachometer on my 85 Westy? When installing the subaru 2.2 in the...
Tachometer for Diesel Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
Wed, 5 Apr 2000 19:13:11 EDT
Can I modify or use the tachometer from an 85 Jetta TD to fit my Diesel Westy? Ken Hunter 82 Westy 1.9D 84...
Tachometer Signal ?
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:04:44 -0800
Hi- Is there anyone who knows how I can get a tachometer signal from my Motronic engine? I changed the fuel injection system last...
Re: [VB] Tachometer and oil temperature indicator
Historical mailing list - BUS BOYS INC
Tue, 17 Oct 2000 10:05:11 -0700
...Monday, October 16, 2000 9:12 PM Subject: [VB] Tachometer and oil temperature indicator > Hi Volks, > I am looking for engine tachometer and oil...
how to replace tachometer light?
Historical mailing list - David Most
Tue, 17 Jun 2003 02:06:22 -0500
When I picked up my vanagon at the shop yesterday, I noticed that the tachometer light was out. The speedometer light is working. I...
Glow Shift Tachometer - what shift RPM?
Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:36:30 -0800
Hello all - just got in a Glow Shift tachometer from ebay - it looks pretty cool. External mounting, digital readout, in a tube about 1...
Re: NOBODY HAS THEM: tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing
Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
Sat, 12 Aug 2000 20:35:17 -0700
...tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing > > > I'm trying to get a hold of a tachometer and plastic instrument cluster > > housing for my 1980...
Re: Want Tachometer for my 81 van
Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:40:49 -0600
Tachometer from later van of course will have cutout in face at top for water temperature gauge not present or applicable in '81. Sill...
Re: Early 80s compatible tachometer
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Fri, 7 May 2004 12:10:26 -0700
I have a bunch of genuine Vanagon tachometers and face plates here, but no plastic housings as we use the housings to install Jetta...
Are Jetta Tachometers calibrated for a 1.9 l Wasserboxer?
Historical mailing list - Kirk Hockin
Sat, 17 Apr 2004 02:00:40 -0700
...So now I'm considering putting in a Jetta tachometer. What I'm wondering is if a Jetta Tachy is calibrated to accurately report...
Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
Historical mailing list - Tom C
Wed, 8 Dec 2021 13:24:04 -0500
The tachometer is the speed gauge with the odometer correct? On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 1:22 PM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com...
Tachometer needle swings all the way past the redline
Historical mailing list - raymond markett
Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:56:28 +0000
...Any ideas on what to check? Does anyone have a schematic of the tachometer? Thanks, Raymond
TiiCo engine conversions.
Historical mailing list - Jurgen E. Pichler
Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:40:38 -0800
What's the most common thing to do if one converts to the TiiCo inline 4 engine in regards to the tachometer? The original...
Re: Factory tacho swap
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sun, 26 Mar 2000 09:34:38 -0800
It is possible to swap a Golf / Jetta / Scirocco tachometer into a Vanagon, but you have to know what you are doing and be...
Re: Archive search problem
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Tue, 2 May 2000 16:20:11 -0700
...search tachometer in vanagon end -m Matthew Pollard http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 Dept. of Chemistry http://www.chem.uidaho.edu University of Idaho...
Tachometer and oil temperature indicator
Historical mailing list - thomas agus
Tue, 17 Oct 2000 11:12:52 +0700
Hi Volks, I am looking for engine tachometer and oil temperature sender including temperature indicator for my '74 air cooled bus. If you have...
Aftermarket Tachometer for Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Mark Flynn
Sat, 1 Aug 1998 14:49:28 -0400
...Anyway, no tachometer. Any recommendations for small, aftermarket tachs (probably VDO) & where to attach leads would be appreciated. I expect the harness has a...
Re: NOBODY HAS THEM: tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Fri, 11 Aug 2000 11:07:41 -0700
...tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing > > > > I'm trying to get a hold of a tachometer and plastic instrument cluster > > housing for my 1980...
Tachometer help!
Historical mailing list - Thomas Bartnicki
Sun, 10 Feb 2002 14:41:51 EST
Hi guys and gals, I recentley installed an aftermarket tachometer to my 85 1.9 AUTOMATIC. I used the bentely as a reference in...
Factory tacho swap
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sun, 26 Mar 2000 22:26:16 +1200
Can an instrument cluster including factory tachometer be swapped into a Vanagon without tacho without spending heaps for an autoelectrician to sort the wiring...
aftermarket tachometers?
Historical mailing list - Andy Stalick
Wed, 4 Aug 2004 00:48:38 -0500
My 86 Wolfsburg Weekender MV has a clock instead of the tachometer the GL trim comes with. Now, I could probably buy an instrument...
Diesel w -terminal & tachometer
Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
Thu, 20 Jan 2000 14:09:11 +0200
Has anyone tried to connect common gas tachometer to alternator's (diesel) w -terminal? Does the meter need adjusting? Or does anyone know what...
VDO tachometer question
Historical mailing list - pensioner
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:44:02 -0700
...The VDO and Motometer Tachometers count pulses to generate the current for the meter movement. If one wanted to adapt a 5cyl tach to...
Re: Which tachometer? 400-1300Hz or 800-2400Hz
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Sun, 1 May 2011 19:33:16 -0400
...ignitions, most square wave electronic control ignitions >with tachometer output terminal, and alternators with "w" >tachometer terminal. > >333 365 is 4,000 RPM (400...
air conditioning / tachometer
Historical mailing list
Mon, 3 Aug 1998 14:32:42 EDT
...my air conditioner stopped functioning for some reason, is there a fuse or something i should check? also, when stopped my tachometer sways back...
Tachometer Upgrade
Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
Sat, 12 Dec 1998 20:35:25 -1000
I just received a new (er) instrument cluster from a late model vanagon that has a tachometer. how do I get it to work...
Tachometer Install Question
Historical mailing list - Ross Cupples
Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:42:57 -0500
...Can the tachometer pod from a '91 Vanagon be installed there? i.e. Is all the wiring there for a tach, etc. How easy...
Re: TiiCo engine conversions.
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:34:54 -0700
"If where the red line is really bothers you, you could get a VDO >tachometer that has both the fuel gauge and temp gauge...
Re: how to replace tachometer light?
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Tue, 17 Jun 2003 08:43:48 EDT
...The speedometer light is working. > > I tried playing with the plastic housing surrounding the tachometer > light, but I coundn't figure it out. > > Can...
Tachometer question
Historical mailing list
Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:27:29 -0400 (EDT)
Ok, This may be pretty simple but I can't figure out how to connect a tachometer to the engine in my 86 vanagon...
Archive search problem
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Wed, 3 May 2000 10:28:14 +1200
...SEARCH VANAGON tachometer AND instruments AND installing AND fitting AND buzzer AND oil In return I get a reply: >SEARCH VANAGON tachometer AND instruments...
WTB tach for diesel
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Mon, 26 Feb 2001 04:42:43 EST
...rochester.edu/u/jag/vw/engine/tachometer.html"> http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw/engine/tachometer.html</A> Thanks, BenT San Francisco
Later version Printed Circuit Board Wanted
Historical mailing list - Kirk Hockin
Mon, 28 Jun 2004 18:10:29 -0700
...I'm in the middle of an attempt to retrofit a jetta tachometer into the dashboard clock space of my 83 Westy. Being a...
Re: Tachometer help!
Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
Mon, 11 Feb 2002 07:22:57 EST
...Tachometer help! Hi guys and gals, I recentley installed an aftermarket tachometer to my 85 1.9 AUTOMATIC. I used the bentely as a...
WANTED: Tachometer plastic housing
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Wed, 12 May 2004 09:39:13 -0700
Like the subject says, I am looking for a Vanagon tachometer plastic housing - the part that holds the electronics and bolts on to the...
Re: Question about '85s
Historical mailing list
Mon, 8 Feb 2016 23:53:05 -0500
...Is that true that all ‘85 campers has to have ‘tachometer’? Zoltan i have seen the "non-GL" (aka "westy weekender") base model campers...
Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Wed, 8 Dec 2021 14:35:19 -0500
Yup, speedometer, Odometer & Tachometer! So many gauges on these old VW’s! But no Thermometer! Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 8, 2021, at...
Re: how to replace tachometer light?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:50:33 -0500
...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver David Most wrote: >When I picked up my vanagon at the shop yesterday, I noticed that the >tachometer...
Re: Clock to tach switch
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:54:11 -0700
I installed a 1987 Jetta tachometer in my 1984 Westfalia's instrument cluster - took about 2h to physically install it as there is some...
Re: tachometer for diesel
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Sat, 9 Jul 2011 13:45:31 -0700
...NET> wrote: > Anyone have any ideas on where to find a tachometer for a diesel? > Specifically an AAZ that's going in my 87...
Re: Which tachometer? 400-1300Hz or 800-2400Hz
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Sun, 1 May 2011 10:36:30 -0600
...For use on 4,5,6,8 cylinder application engines with standard coil ignitions, most square wave electronic control ignitions with tachometer output terminal...
New iginition coil behavior
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:31:03 -0700
...So we swapped back the old ignition coil and the tachometer worked again. So my questions are: - will the new ignition coil fail soon...
Re: Tachometer needle swings all the way past the redline
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:50:32 -0500
...Any ideas on what to >check? Does anyone have a schematic of the tachometer? >Thanks, >Raymond Mark Drillock probably knows about the tach. I...
Re: Looking for Tach / Instrument Cluster
Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:15:15 -0600
A diesel motors was an option in the same van models which came with a tachometer if they were powered by a gas motor...
7k tachometers
Historical mailing list - G. Jetson
Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:50:15 -0700
Hi all, I know several of you with I-4 conversions have put in tachometers from other VWs with higher redline areas. If my...
Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Wed, 8 Dec 2021 15:47:11 -0500
...On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 2:35 PM Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote: > Yup, speedometer, Odometer & Tachometer! > So many gauges on these...
Re: Clock to tach switch
Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:44:29 EDT
...But, when it eventually wears out, I will replace it with a tachometer. Thanks for raising the question. How long do the mechanical clocks...
Re: Clock to tach switch
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Tue, 12 Sep 2000 18:46:45 EDT
Is there an aftermarket tachometer,that fits correctly, avaiable? Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis <Kernersville,NC> 86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe An...