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Subject:Re: Diesel: "Tach" to replace clock?
From:Tobin Copley
Date:Tue, 8 Feb 2000 15:27:35 -0800

At 6:14 PM -0500 2/8/00, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>In a message dated 2/8/00 4:01:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>tcopley@POP.UNIXG.UBC.CA writes:
>
><< 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? >>
>
>
>why dont you just put in a tach/dig clock inst cluster from a '85 up vanagon?
>(ps, no i dont currently have any spares)

Would this work with whatever sender a diesel would require, or would
the gauge be incompatible?

T.

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

'82 westy 1.6L 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)