Yep - The one that powers the clock is "live" all da time - the one Tom
doesn't have a need for apparently ;-)

Actually I can't call my switcheroo a complete success this weekend.  Still
having a problem with the "Blinkin' Coolant Light Syndrome" that Mark I
privately & briefly touched on earlier today.  It will either get solved or
it won't be.  That's when I turn to a stick dyn-o-mite if my patience wears
out. <big grin>
--
Jim Thompson
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
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On 1/2/07, Mark Drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
>
> 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
>