Date:         Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:26:38 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Wiring 86+ dash pod into 83.5 WBX
Comments: To: Data Services <dataservices@ATTBI.COM>
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At 10:11 PM 7/15/2002, Data Services wrote:
>I tried looking in the archives for this particular pin setup, but to no
>avail.  Probably not the fault of the system so much as the operator. I
>got close with a description of a tach pod transplanted into an air-cooled
>vanagon.
>
>What do I need to switch around to make the plug from my 83.5 wasserboxer
>(now Tiico powered) with the large analog clock work with the later model
>(complete) tach dash pod I'm installing?.

Search using the terms:

circular AND pin

and with beierl in the address field... :)


>Both pods have water temp and fuel gauges, and I know I will have to run a
>tach signal line (did someone say 14 ga. 'cause of the run distance?)

I'm using 24-ga (maybe 26-ga) ribbon cable and it works fine.  You might
use 18-20 ga for strength, but 14 is way overkill.

david

>to #9 pin(?), but what are the other changes I should make?

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David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"