I put a '88-'91 instrument cluster in my '85.  It went fairly easily -- I had
to move several wires in the big connector.  Putting an '85 in an '83 should
be even easier -- all the connections should be the same.  You will probably
need to run a wire back to the coil for the tach but everything else should
be the same.  Mine had the green wire from the connector up but not the one
back to the coil!?!

Chuck
'85 Wolfsburg Westy -- 'Roland the Road Buffalo'

In a message dated 5/22/01 7:57:03 PM, SBWC919@aol.com writes:

<< Hi all- I have a 83 Vanagon. The original dash had no tach, just a analog
clock.
 I recently purchased a dash from an 85 Vanagon(thanks Alan!), this one has a
factory tach.
I want to take out the old non tach dash,and put in the newer dash from the
85 in my 83. Is this a plug and play deal? Will all the gauges work the same?
Do I need to run extra wires for the new tach? Should I have researched this
a little further before I Bought the new dash??
Brian
83 Urabus >>