Date:         Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:06:53 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Swapping clock for Tach in an 84? a bit long.
Comments: To: Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:

> Don,
>
> You may get lucky and find a defunct '84 Wolfsburg Westfalia which came
> with a tach from the factory:
>
> http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b7/misterpolak/Hershey/03.jpg
>
> That should make the process easier.  I personally prefer the lack of
> "green zone".
>
  Aha!  I was wondering what the extra little foil tab was for on one of my
'parts' housings...it runs the digital clock...Which I don't have or need.
  I  did the speedo/odo swap only yesterday.  Figured I had better see if
that instrument did work properly before I went too far.  It does work fine,
with about a 2% optimistic bias on the speed and odo, but smooth and quiet.
  So next will come trying the tach swap.  I have three clusters.  Two with
clocks.  Lots of tedious 'configuring' and dropping those doilie little bulb
covers, trying to get screws to set in broken plastic, and swapping out the
clear plastic clock 'face plate'...broke one, of course.  I'm going to keep
the one that's working in there unaltered so I have a 'fall-back'...I hate
it when I "fix" something so it no longer works as well (or sometimes it no
longer works, period.) as it did before my attempted 'upgrade'.
  I have a plan B...one of those small aftermarket tachs along with a real
oil pressure gauge and perhaps an oil temp gauge, all in a pod somewhere.
  Don Hanson