Date:         Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:38:08 -0800
Reply-To:     Blake Heinlein <blakeheinlein@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Blake Heinlein <blakeheinlein@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Will bus run without insturment pod connected?
Comments: To: Oxroad@aol.com
In-Reply-To:  <bdc.9096898.32cc6c96@aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

Jeff,

I've run my 84 Westy without an instrument panel for days and not had a
problem. I don't have a tach since I have an automatic.
--
Blake Heinlein
http://blakeheinlein.googlepages.com/



On 1/2/07, Jeff Oxroad <Oxroad@aol.com> wrote:
>
> A hypothetical:
>
> Will a bus run with the instrument pod including the tach out of the
> vehicle?
> In addition to any other concerns which I haven't thought of, is there a
> problem with the "live" tach wire running to plug connector, if that
> plug/pin
> connector is attached to nothing.
>
> Could the "spark" or current possibly ground out from the tach wire to
> some
> metal or could the spark arch to an adjacent pin connector? Could this
> burn out
> the coil? Would one say NEVER attempt to start the vehicle with the
> instrument pod disconnected.
>
> Is there any power that runs to the pin connector and into the printed
> circuit of the insturment pod that would keep the engine from starting?
>
> (In related news I've noticed the digital clock will not operate with the
> headlight switch removed. I suppose this is old news.)
>
> Best,
> Jeff
> 83.5 Westy
> LA,CA
>