Date:         Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:36:06 -0400
Reply-To:     John Lauterbach <jhlauterbach@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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From:         John Lauterbach <jhlauterbach@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject:      Re: Old Volks Home Cluster Retrofit Question
Comments: To: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>
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About 12 years ago. a couple of the list vendors had complete units for
sale.  They had km speedometers and odometers.  I have 88,000+ km on the
one in my '84 Vanagon

On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 19:24 -0700, Old Volks Home wrote:
> The housing, speedo head, Clock (analog and digital), Tach, foil,
> LEDS, voltage stabilizer, etc., were are sold as separate pieces.  VW
> never offered the cluster as an assembled unit, at least as
> shown/listed in the parts fiche of the day, even less info in ETKA.
> When replacing at the dealer, they would put it together from the
> separate components.  A rather expensive process.
> --
> Jim Thompson
> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> 75 914 1.8 (No Name Yet)
> Full Timing Since March 1999
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> ***********************************
> On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 4:11 PM, John Lauterbach
> <jhlauterbach@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>         As I recall, replacements are all one unit. speedometer on one
>         side,
>         tachometer on the other.
>
>         John
>
>
>         On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 13:56 -0700, Jeff Davis wrote:
>         > Hi all,
>         >
>         > This is my first post to the list so hello all.
>         >
>         > I have a 1984 GL Wasserboxer w/Speedo, w/Trip Odometer,
>         &w/Analog
>         > Clock, w/Coolant Temp gauge.
>         >
>         > The instructions from Old Volks Home state you can't use
>         your original
>         > speedo when upgrading to an instrument cluster from an
>         86-91.  Does
>         > anyone know why or if there is a work around?
>