Well, I got the two clusters on the living room floor and looked at them a
lot.  The 86 that came in my van has the dynamic oil pressure warning
system, the 85 that has the tack does not.  I would just switch the tach
for the clock in the 86 cluster so as to retain the DOPWS, but there is no
foil connector for the tach.  Also the different positions of the gas and
temp gauges don't look like they are supported in the 86 foil.  Then I
plugged the 85 cluster into the van, and started it up.  Tech tach worked
right off.  the OXS light didn't self test at startup, and the high beam
indicator didn't work either.  The gas and temp gauges seemed to work, but
the gas gauge was reading fuller than the 86 gauge does.  The temp light
was flashing for a while, just like it does in the 85 partsmobile I am
taking it out of.  The temp light in the 86 cluster doesn't do that.  So,
Hmmm, this is hurting my head.  Sure would be nice to get this to
work.   Any suggestions?

Edward

At 7/6/02 05:15 PM, you wrote:
>On 7/6/02 2:31 PM, "Edward Maglott" <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US> wrote:
>
> > I thought I had kept a copy of some info on doing this swap, but have lost
> > it.  Does somebody have a copy of this info, or a website that has
> > it?  Basically I want to replace the big analog clock in my 86 with the
> > tach from an 85.  Seems I remember that I need to run a wire from the coil
> > and maybe some other mods?  Any help appreciated!
> >
> > Edward
>
>
>     Edward, the wire is already there, The connector to the instrument
>cluster just doesn't have the pin.  I jumpered the flex on mine.
>
>     I don't have my circuit diagram in front of me, but I remember that I
>got the info from the archives.
>
>_________________________________________________________
>
>Bob O'Shaughnessy,         Columbus, OH
>vanagon@columbus.rr.com
>99 A3 Jetta TDI
>85GL with basic Westy interior
>82 Diesel Westy (with blown engine) + Quantum TD engine
>74 Bus (Dad's)
>72 Wife, 95 Cat, 96 Cat, 98 Kid, 00 Kid, 01 Dog
>25 House