At 11:49 AM 3/13/2002, Pablo E. Bonilla Fernández wrote: >However, I have not found all the relationships between the old and the new >connectors. The closest thing I've found in the archives is a table with the >old and new 14-multi point connectors between an air-cooled and an 85+. >Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 23:05:35 -0400 >Reply-To: David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET> >Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> >From: David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET> >Subject: Re: Wiring questions for tach/dash pod from 88-89 into 82 > aircooled [LONG] > >At 22:56 10/16/99 , you wrote: > >Hi Vanagonauts, > > > >I recently acquired a dash from a 1988-89 vanagon. It has the digital > clock and tach. I am using my old speedo into this cluster. The wiring > >is causing me a little frustration. I almost have it figured out but I > was hoping one of the lists electrical gurus could help. > >Here's a circular list. First column is where the wire used to be in the >connector. Second is where it goes. Third is where the displaced wire >needs to go. It's convenient to know that immediately when you have wires >squirming all about. > >80-84 85+ which goes to 85+ >3 1 none (1 was vacant) >4 2 3 (cut and splice as below) >5 3 1 Old terminal 5 goes to ground. It is jumpered >inside the old panel to old terminal 2, which provides a ground for the >4-way flasher's pilot light. No, I can't imagine why they did it that way. >(!) Anyway, splice the lead that used to go to pin two into the one that >used to go to pin 5, and run the pair to pin 3. >None None 2 >7 5 3 (see previous note) >6 6 6 >8 7 5 >9 8 7 >Tach 9 8 >14 10 13 >13 11 14 >x 12 none (High oil pressure except '85 which has none. >Ground to keep buzzer from going off, or make more elaborate arrangements) >10 13 11 >11 14 10 >Old pin 12 goes to a connector under the dash and stops. You can splice in >your tach wire and use this female terminal to go into pin 9 (it was the >glow plug indicator for Diesels). -- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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