Date:         Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:36:07 -0400
Reply-To:     Christopher Michael Gronski <chrisgronski@hotmail.com>
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From:         Christopher Michael Gronski <chrisgronski@hotmail.com>
Subject:      SPOKE TOO SOON: tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing
Comments: cc: Oxroad@aol.com
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Thanks for everyone's help! Bus Depot said no when I called, but then Ron
sent me this (see attached). I've ordered it so I'm good to go. Since I'm in
Canada its a bonus that the speedometer is in km/hr not mph.

Thanks,
Chris Gronski
Toronto, Ontario
'80 Westy "Pokey"

----- Original Message -----
From: "The Bus Depot" <ron@netcarrier.com>
To: <chrisgronski@hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 2:06 PM
Subject: RE: Wanterd: tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing


> Chris,
> I have one remaining new unit, at $129.95.  However, the speedo is in
km/hr,
> not mph, so you'd have to swap out your old one.
> Thanks,
> - Ron Salmon
>   The Bus Depot, Inc.
>   http://www.busdepot.com
>
>
>
> > Hi Ron,
> >
> > I'm trying to get a hold of a tachometer and plastic instrument cluster
> > housing for my 1980 Westy, preferably pre-85 due to this buzzer issue. I
> > believe it is a VW part number: 251919051K. Essentially it replaces the
> > clock on the right side with a tachometer. Do you have one? Attached is
a
> > photo...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris Gronski
> > Toronto, Ontario
> > '80 Westy "Pokey"
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Oxroad@aol.com>
> > To: <chrisgronski@hotmail.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 7:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: Wanterd: tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing
> >
> >
> > > Chris--
> > >
> > > The Bus Depot has had them in the past for about $129 for the whole
> > cluster.
> > > It includes a new KPH speedo. It's a good deal. I got one and used
parts
> > off
> > > an 85 Cluster I had to make it work in my 83.5 Westy.
> > >
> > > See the later cluster has a buzzer in the speedo for low oil pressure
> > which
> > > you most likely don't have a sender for. And as near as I can tell
that
> > > screws up the workings of the oil idiot light in a later model
cluster.
> > >
> > > I would say up to an 85 would be an easy install.
> > >
> > > Anway the bus Depot is at www.busdepot.com
> > > There's a phone # on the site maybe a call would clear things up.
> > >
> > > Good Luck
> > > jeff
> > > 83.5 Westy
> > > NJ
> > >
> >
>
>