DOPS and darn I sent the original Speedo with this cluster as a core for a new speedo.   

Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:01:18 -0700
From: scottdaniel@turbovans.com
To: fittdog8848@HOTMAIL.COM
CC: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Insturment Cluster

  
    
  
  
    Look for the DOPS mounted
        behind the speedometer .......that also makes it an 86 or later.

        

        if it's not there ..

        then I'd say it was an 85 or a rare Wolfsburg  84 instrument
        cluster with tach. 

        

        

      
    On 9/21/2012 1:36 PM, Jamie Fitterer
      wrote:

    
    
      Hello,

I have an instrument cluster I bought from someone off the list YEARS ago.  Thing is, I can't remember if it is  84,85,86 cluster.  It has  TACH.  any way to know what year it is from?   The reason I asked is I have a bostig conversion and want to upgrade to this cluster to get the TACH in dash.  I also need to know if 84,85 or 86 as 84 and 85 do not require Bostig's TACH modification as the 86 and newer does.   

Thanks