Hi Jonce,

When I was finishing up the Zetec installation in my '85 Westy I just
swapped in the tachometer from a late Vanagon (thanks Brady) into my '85
instrument cluster.  It took about 20 minutes and some delicate work, but it
really wasn't difficult at all.  Basically you just remove all of the little
screws and the white connector plug that hold the electric foil to the back
of the tachometer and swap the tach guages.  Replace all the little screws,
reinstall the plug and you're done.  Doing the tachometer only method like
this allows you to work around the dynamic oil pressure buzzer system that
is present on 86-91 vans.

Good luck!
Jay Brown
'85 Zetec Westfalia
'72 Riviera
http://www.geocities.com/vwcamper72

Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:23:17 -0400
From: Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@WHISPLLC.COM>
Subject: Tach year breaks/ part numbers
Hi all
Ive got a Question in regaurds to tachs on the Vanagon.
Ive got a 84 and a 85 Vanagon.
The 84 has a Clock and I found the early 84 Tach (Black Face) that in theory
will just plug in and go.
The 85 that was built in Late 84 is has the multi color tach that looks like
the up to 91 vanagon version.
My Questions is:
1) Is there a part number for the Tach with the multicolor face.
2) with that part number are there more then 1 version of the multi color
face tach?
3) does any one know how Many Versions or revisions of the tach there might
be?
Reason for asking. Im 95% done with my bostig conversion and the Tach is
suppose to be different in the 85 from the 86-91. BUT there is no known part
number that will or will not work. So Im doing a bit of homework to see if
my tach that could be from a 85-91 vanagon since when I purchased my vanagon
it
has 4 spare dash pods with it. I think Ive got 2 still and the 1 still in
the 85. I will check them tonight for part numbers just in case.
Thanks for any and all help in advance.
C-ya Jonce