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Subject:Re: 88 Inst. Cluster in 85
From:Mark Drillock
Date:Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:46:19 -0800

Don't do it that way or you will have NO oil pressure warning light at
all. Yes, unplugging the board as Chris suggest will stop the buzzing
but it is important to have a working oil warning light.

There is an easy way to keep the oil warning system working and make it
compatible with the 1.9 wiring. On the back of the speedo is a small
connector that plugs into the oil warning circuit board that lives
inside the speedo case. Unplug it temporarily and bend the outside end
pin of the the group of 4 pins over to the side. Then plug the connector
back in place while making sure it misses the bent aside pin.

Mark

JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 1/28/07 12:14:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> delp84@EARTHLINK.NET writes:
>
>
>
>>After installing an 88 instrument cluster into my 85, a couple of
>>problems arose.
>>
>>1) The oil Pressure Warning light and alarm are activated shortly
>>after leaving the driveway.
>>
>>
>
>
> the '86-91 speedo has the PCB for the 2.1L wbx's hi pressure oil light and
> buzzer on the back of it.
>
> simply remove it (the printed circuit board piece) as its not needed for your
> '85..and there will be no more annoying buzzing..  it unclips from the blue
> ribbon and speedo (carefully)
>
> chris
>