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Date:         Mon, 21 May 2007 13:12:58 -0500
Reply-To:     joel walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         joel walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Speedo to tach (?)
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> Should I bother trying to make this one work in my 84 GL, since the > connections >are so different than anything I have seen referenced > anywhere, or should I >attempt to translate the proper wires' > positions in the "tech/Tach article" and >pull em out to put onto > this one I have now? I paid just $20 for the whole >cluster housing > with only the tach head still inside, but it looks like it has >not > been damaged or abused and should work, if it's appearance and > condition are >an indicator of how it's been handled...

when i had an 80 bus, before any vanagons had tachs, i was able to get a rabbit tach to work in my bus. :) it was a LOT of work to get the housing of the tach to fit into the vanagon console, but on the 2nd junkyard $20 tach, i managed to not bugger it up or break the needle. ;)

anyway, i only needed three wires .... power from the dash lights to illuminate the tach at night. ground to the chassis for the illumination light. and a signal wire from the #1 terminal on the ignition coil.

didn't have to connect it to the blue foil thingie at all.

it wasn't very pretty when the instrument console/pod cover was off, but it worked. ;)

not sure what your 4th connector would be, though ...

good luck! hope it helps. joel


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