hope this helps

Bob Donalds

Boston engine

This is the dash wiring conversion for the vanagons to add a tach into the
84 vanagons

First color noted is primary wire color and second color is strip color

Change to                                                  was

1 power to dash lights grey blue                 1 was empty

2 high beam blue white                               2 brown

3 ground brown                                          3 grey blue

4 empty                                                      4 blue white

5 clock red                                                 5 brown

6 coolant temp yellow red                             6 yellow red

7 fuel gauge purple black                            7 red

8 power black                                            8 purple black

9 new wire from tach green                         9 black

I used green

10 blinker blue red                                    10 blue black

11 alt blue                                                 11 blue green

12 dynamic warning from dash to ground       12 white red

13 low oil pressure blue black                        13 blue

14oxs blue green                                          14 blue red

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Claire" <delp84@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 12:05 AM
Subject: 88 Inst. Cluster in 85

> 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.
>
> 2) the highbeam indicator blue lamp is activated on low rather than
> high beam.
>
> Has any one got any ideas about how to fix these problems?
>
> -Mike