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Subject:Diesel: "Tach" to replace clock?
From:Tobin Copley
Date:Tue, 8 Feb 2000 12:41:19 -0800

I don't know about anyone else, but I think that clock on the vanagon
instrument panel is a waste of space.  I want my instrument panel to
give me info about the condition of the bus; if I need to know the
time, I'll look at my watch (or the stereo display).

So, two questions:

1) Can I get a VDO (or similar) tach for the diesel?  I realize the
diesel won't have a tach in the normal sense since there is no
ignition system, but some sort of RPM sensor.  If so, where and how
much?

2) Get I get the above to fit in the space now occupied by the clock?
Maybe even with cut-outs for the fuel and temp gauges?

T.
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Tobin Copley   Bowen Island, BC, Canada              tobin.copley@ubc.ca

'82 westy 1.6 NA diesel ("Stinky")
'97 son Russell                                   =============
'99 daughter Margaret                            /_| |__| |__|:| clatter
1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi       O|.           .| clatter!
1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT   7,400 km        ~-()-==----()-~
Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)

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