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Subject:Re: cluster swap from 85 van to 86 van
Date:Mon, 29 May 2006 10:41:29 EDT

In a message dated 5/27/06 6:05:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US writes:

> I want to swap the cluster with tach from my 85 to the 86 which has no
> tach.  That should require no additional wiring, right?  Everything seems
> to be working except I have a flashing coolant light.  the gauge stays at
> the bottom but the light keeps on flashing.  Coolant is not low, and it
> doesn't flash with the 86 cluster in place.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>

most '85 clusters had the extra blue ribbon going over to the speedo for the
hi pressure oil sender. so youll just have to add the prongs to it.   why dont
you just remove the coolang gauge from the 85 cluster? its not hard to do.
remove the tach, and the back housing splits in half.. the part that the gas
and coolant gauge are on is removable from the tach part.
 be very careful spinning those brass nuts off to avoid scratching the blue
ribbon.

chris

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