Date:         Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:45:08 EST
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
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From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: anyone added a tach/digi clock cluster to a '85 Non-GL or
              Transporter????
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hi mark...  the 2 prong plug that goes to the upper tabs on the coil only has
the one fatter green wire going to it.. the other plug has no wire (where the
smaller green tach wire would normally be)
in the wiring junction box on the firewall there are the 2 round 7 pin
connectors..  one connector plug has a small green wire going to it, but the joining
plug that plugs into it has a blue wire mating up to it on the matching pin
of the connecting plug....??

so why would VW build a wiring harness with the green tach wire in position
#9 of the 14pt plug into the cluster, and then have the wire go nowhere?
where does the green wire go?  is the small green wire i see in the round 7pt plug
in the junction box that connects with the blue wire, the tach wire?

any ideas?

chris

In a message dated 2/25/06 1:07:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
drillock@EARTHLINK.NET writes:


> Look at your coil. Does it have 2 green wires to it, one larger one
> smaller? If not, you will need to add one. If not, how about in the
> wiring box, with the 2 round connectors? The tach smaller green wire
> from the coil goes to one of the round 7 pin connectors. Is there a
> green wire to one of the round connectors and if so is it connected on
> both sides of the connector?
>
> Mark
>
> JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> >ok...searched the archives and didnt come up with anything specific on
> this..
> >
> >when you install a late model vanagon tach/digital clock cluster into a '84
> >down vanagon that didnt originally have one, you have to do some wire pin
> >position swapping  in the 14pt multi pin terminal plug, and run a wire from
> the
> >coil to position #9 in the plug to power the tach..
> >
> >but in '85, the plug ALREADY HAS the pins in the correct spaces weather the
> >van or transporter has the tach cluster OR the analog clock cluster.
> >in other words, in '85, the green tach wire is already in position #9 no
> >matter what model it is.
> >
> >transporter that didnt originally have one, then the tach should work,
> correct?
> >
> >well it doesnt. and, no there is nothing wrong with the cluster.  the green
> >tach wire is already in the wiring harness, and but its not powering the
> tach.
> >
> >the vehicle in question is my 85 doublecab.. i was wondering if anyone else
> >with a 85 transporter, or an '85 NON-GL Vanagon had the same problem when
> they
> >added a tach cluster?
> >
> >im thinking , this wire is already in the wiring harness, but i dont see it
> >dangling anywhere back in the engine compartment next to the coil or
> anything..
> >
> >
> >any ideas??
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
>