At 11:49 AM 3/13/2002, Pablo E. Bonilla Fern�ndez wrote:
>However, I have not found all the relationships between the old and the new
>connectors. The closest thing I've found in the archives is a table with the
>old and new 14-multi point connectors between an air-cooled and an 85+.

>Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 23:05:35 -0400
>Reply-To: David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
>Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
>From: David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
>Subject: Re: Wiring questions for tach/dash pod from 88-89 into 82
>               aircooled [LONG]
>
>At 22:56 10/16/99 , you wrote:
> >Hi Vanagonauts,
> >
> >I recently acquired a dash from a 1988-89 vanagon. It has the digital
> clock and tach. I am using my old speedo into this cluster. The wiring
> >is causing me a little frustration. I almost have it figured out but I
> was hoping one of the lists electrical gurus could help.
>
>Here's a circular list. First column is where the wire used to be in the
>connector. Second is where it goes. Third is where the displaced wire
>needs to go. It's convenient to know that immediately when you have wires
>squirming all about.
>
>80-84   85+     which goes to 85+
>3               1       none (1 was vacant)
>4               2       3 (cut and splice as below)
>5               3       1 Old terminal 5 goes to ground. It is jumpered
>inside the old panel to old terminal 2, which provides a ground for the
>4-way flasher's pilot light. No, I can't imagine why they did it that way.
>(!) Anyway, splice the lead that used to go to pin two into the one that
>used to go to pin 5, and run the pair to pin 3.
>None            None    2
>7               5       3 (see previous note)
>6               6       6
>8               7       5
>9               8       7
>Tach            9       8
>14              10      13
>13              11      14
>x               12      none (High oil pressure except '85 which has none.
>Ground to keep buzzer from going off, or make more elaborate arrangements)
>10              13      11
>11              14      10
>Old pin 12 goes to a connector under the dash and stops. You can splice in
>your tach wire and use this female terminal to go into pin 9 (it was the
>glow plug indicator for Diesels).

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