Date:         Fri, 3 May 1996 13:39:10 -0400 (EDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         flminor@clark.net
Subject:      Tach for '84

> Hi Folks - has anyone tried to retrofit the tach from the >85 vans into       
> an '84?  My '84 has a clock where it SHOULD have a tach; said clock has 
> inset fuel and wassertemp gauges (at 6 and 12 o'clock, respectively). I       
> notice from Bentley that my fuel gauge (at least) has a different scale       
> factor than the >85 guage and that the cluster has a different harness,       
> not to mention Bentley doesn't show my temp gauge... in short, it             
> doesn't look like the drop-in that I had hoped for.  Has anyone done it?      
>                                                                               
> -Ed                                                                           
> meed@mbari.org                                                                
                                                                                
        This info may not help, but, I swapped the cluster from                 
an '85 GL (with tach using those nice colors) into my '85 L.  The               
L has a clock, etc. where the tach went.  A drop-in job - I did 
have to run one additional wire from the cluster to the distributor.  
I still have the L instrument cluster buried somewhere in the basement.
Your '84 wiring is that much different?


                                        Forrest Minor                           
                                        flminor@clark.net                       
					'85 weekender