That's not just VW keeping things the same, that's DIN standards.........
ie; Porsche, BMW, Audi, VW, and many more!

Mike B.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Drillock" <mdrillock@COX.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: Tach install from vanagon to vanagon

> The simple way is to compare the wire colors in each hole of both 14 pin
> connectors. Move the wires on the clock dash model to the same positions
> as the tach model 14 pin connector. The connector opens up at the wire
> edge and the pins slide out and in. You will need to combine the 2 brown
> wires onto one pin and place it where the tach dash has it. Then use the
> extra cut off brown wire stub and it's pin to connect a new long green
> wire back to the coil. Plug this spliced green/brown wire into the hole
> where the green wire is on the tach dash 14 pin connector.
>
> VW keeps the same color wires for the same functions on almost every
> Vanagon. The position and such changes but the colors don't.
>
> Unhook the battery ground strap when doing the wire relocation. One of
> the wires is always live.
>
> Mark
>
>> Date:    Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:28:32 -0500
>> From:    Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@WHISPLLC.COM>
>> Subject: Tach install from vanagon to vanagon
>>
>> Hi all
>> Well I aquired a 84 wolfsberg vanagon and it has the stock tach in the
>> dash
>> pod. I will be parting out this vanagon and then off to the crusher but
>> it
>> has a tach that I want to know if it is just a straight swap to my 84 GL.
>> My
>> vanagon has a standard Clock. Will the harness already have the wiring
>> for
>> the tach to work??
>>
>> Jonce Fancher
>>
>>
>