Kd,

Well, as suggested by folks on the listserv I got the Bentley manual and
was able to use it to fix the problem.  It ended up being a loose
connector which has the bundle of wires from the gauges from the tach/fuel
gauge side of the instrament panel.  It plugs into a receptacle about 4"'s
down.  After re-seating it, the gauges came back to life. 

Although the problem is fixed, it didn't seem to me that
the connectors snapped together the way I expected and I half-way expect
the problem to reoccur.  Anyway...

Thanks,
Ivan

On Sat, 12 Jul 1997 kdlewis@juno.com wrote:

> Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 09:13:10 PST
> From: kdlewis@juno.com
> To: boyd@unm.edu
> Cc: vw@juno.com
> Subject: Re: Tachometer/fuel gauge probs
> 
> What have you checked so far?
> 
> 
> On Fri, 11 Jul 1997 09:46:45 -0500 Ivan Boyd <boyd@unm.edu> writes:
> >Hi All,
> >
> >I've got an '85 Westy and have been having off and on problems with 
> >all
> >the gauges on the right side of the drivers instrament panel, 
> >including
> >the Tachometer & fuel guage.  They just quit working all together and 
> >all
> >at once.  They used to come back within a few moments, but now have 
> >been
> >out going on three weeks.  Estimating my gas usage is driving me
> >crazy!  The guages on the left side with the speedometer still work 
> >fine
> >and are unaffected by this.  Anyone else had this problem or have any
> >ideas on the best way to repair it. 
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Ivan  '85 Westy
> >
> >
>