

| Subject: | Re: Looking for an 86-up instrument cluster w/tach |
| From: | Jim Arnott |
| Date: | Sun, 2 Feb 2014 09:17:36 -0800 |
Look here. Bookmark it. You will be coming back. Lots of good stuff. http://www.oldvolkshome.com No problem is too small or too trivial if we can really do something about it. -- Richard Feynman On Feb 2, 2014, at 7:04 AM, George Laubach <skiplaubach@comcast.net> wrote: > I would like to add a tach (like Don, except without the pre-work/time/frustration of dealing with the foil) to my '84/Digijet. Is there a write-up for the "30 minute install"? AKA, where do the wires go? > > Thanks, > Skip > Illinois > > > > Sent from my iPad > > On Feb 2, 2014, at 8:46 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > >> I tried the "move the pins, etc" to put a Vanagon tach into my 84, with >> lots of frustrating and relatively expensive failures. I spent a lot of >> time removing and re-removing the clusters and foils trying to resolve oil >> pressure warning system anomalies and dealing with those minute >> connectors. I finally decided a small modern aftermarket tach, which I >> mounted dead-center on the cluster in about 30 minutes. I spent about $20 >> on that and it's giving good readings, though it IS just a bit too bright >> with it's LED backlights.
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