Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:15:01 -0700
Reply-To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Found my instrument cluster..now a ?
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Try plugging this into The Google:
coil +tach +wire site:vanagon.com
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR
On 10/2/2009 8:00 AM Don Hanson wrote:
> Thank you, I think I recall the coil as the source for a good tach signal.
> Since no other replies, I'll try the archive-search, which in the past I've
> never been able to get an answer from...surely my mistake or ignorance about
> how to format the search, but...
> Don Hanson
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 5:20 AM, T Collins <tonycollin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that the signal you are
>> looking for comes from one of the leads in the coil. That would make sense
>> as this is consistent with the turning of the distributor.
>>
>> Also, something that I am not sure about but would suggest: When making
>> your test wires for the tach, place a fuse in line or you could fry your
>> cluster foil and the like.
>>
>> I hope this helps in some matter even if it is for someone sto say that I
>> am far of the mark. I know that in my Scirocco the tach signal comes from
>> the coil and it used CIS for fueling.
>>
>> Later,
>> el t.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 12:47 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Last week I was looking for a working odometer. Found one on the Samba
>>> and
>>> got the whole cluster. I also have a working tach from a diesel van that
>>> I'd like to get into the new cluster rather than the analog clock...My
>>> current one with the broken odo also has a clunky clock...
>>> I think I can figure out how to make the water temp and the fuel guage
>>> work, the one in the tach face..Hopefully. I have somewhere a reference
>>> about which pins in the plug work for those...but looking at the foils I
>>> have around, I see I can actually follow the leads back to the plug and
>>> get
>>> stuff working that way.
>>> But, where is a good place to take a signal for the tach? Is there a
>>> rpm-based signal anywhere up front or do I need to go back to the coil or
>>> the alternator or the distributor and run a wire all the way up to the
>>> tach
>>> from the engine? Mine is an inline four, but the alternator, coil and the
>>> distributor are the same as a WBX. It has a Digifant II injection system.
>>> Anybody know? I'd first like to test the tach using a test wire lead
>>> first, to make sure I get good response before I bother trying to make the
>>> other two "in Tach" gauges operable.. The only downside is the tach I have
>>> only goes to 6k and my motor may rev a bit higher sometimes. sounds like
>>> it
>>> maybe..I see no upper limit pin on the tach face, so I am hoping I can go
>>> a
>>> little past 6k without breaking the tach...Not that I drive there ever,
>>> but
>>> I have been known to wind the little inline up to keep up with traffic at
>>> times.
>>> Don Hanson
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> 82 Scirocco "Rodolfo"
>> 85 Vanagon "El Guapo"
>> 90 Fuji Ace
>>
>
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