Date:         Tue, 2 Apr 2002 20:52:30 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: best tach
Comments: To: Data Services <dataservices@ATTBI.COM>
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At 09:41 AM 4/2/2002, Data Services wrote:
>Hi All
>I'm looking to install a tach just to the right of my instrument cluster (I
>like the clock) in my 83.5 Westy.  It's a strange angle to set up so that
>the tach won't be looking into my lap.
>Could you folks on the list give me some ideas on what any of you have done.

I put a small, then a larger Sun tach on the left-forward corner of the
instrument panel cover (with a plug on the wires so the cover could be
completely removed.  Loved it until I got the panel with integral tach
which I love even better.  I was sorry to see the clock go, but the tach is
worth it.  Just being able to tell someone "if your foot is all the way
down and it's falling out of the green zone you have to downshift" means a
lot in hilly driving.  I was fortunate to have a panel where the mileage
was only a little over that on the van, so I just waited until they matched
and did the switch.  That way I got the tighter-calibrated speedo too. :)

david


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David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"