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PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:07 pm    Post subject: Tach instead of clock Reply with quote

I'm working on a 70 SC that will have a 2276 in the back. The owner gave us a tack to install on top of the dash. I was thinking is it possible to install a tach in place of the clock in the stock gauge panel. And if so, which tach fits best.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you do, wanna sell the clock?
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

autiger78 wrote:
If you do, wanna sell the clock?

Not mine... it's a customer's car/truck.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

check, http://www.ratwell.com/technical/Tachograph.html

i bought an older vdo at a swap for a buck and paid six and a half times [picked up in redding, their shipping is a bear] more for the bus boys ring that holds it in the clock spot. they way it goes, works great.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Glenn, check Bus-boys website under VDO Gauges and Accessories. You will find exactly what you need.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.bus-boys.com/bbvdo.htm#tach

$6 for a ring so you can mount a tach in that spot.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Rob
Do you have any picts of the SC ?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the tach that fits is VDO 333-051. http://www.germansupply.com/home/customer/product.php?productid=17354
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks guys... I passed the info on to the customer.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:48 pm    Post subject: tach Reply with quote

Glenn,

Another option: I pulled a VDO tach out of a BMW a few years ago (at the wreckers) and it fit perfectly in my '69 bus, where the stock clock would have been located (the bus came with just the blank plate). I don't remember what type of BMW it was, however.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

neil68,
which type and year was the BMW?
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Glenn,

I have a VDO tach mounted using the Ring from Bus Boys, I also mounted guages using their thre guage panel below the radio.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i like the diamond plate kick panel Cool
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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i like the diamond plate kick panel Cool


Thanks

I also did the rear hatch / tailgate ( wood panel was rotted and mostly fone), and am going to do the sides of the walk thru and the back of the z-bed ( Westy)

Might do the lower parts of the inside driver and passenger doors. P.O. realy hacked them bad
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

germansupplyscott wrote:
the tach that fits is VDO 333-051. http://www.germansupply.com/home/customer/product.php?productid=17354


I alwasy try and use our VW suppliers but this tach is about $73 at Summit Racing. www.summitracing.com
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Tach instead of clock Reply with quote

Glenn wrote:
is it possible to install a tach in place of the clock in the stock gauge panel.



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi have a vdo tach intalled in my blanking plate/clock spot. I mounted mine with a homemade ring made out of a piece of sheet aluminum that I cut a big hole in for the tach, and then two more for the screws. I used the blanking plate for the measurements. It was really easy.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is how mine is. I don't have a problem with a small tach but I'd like one in th 6,000 range. Maybe even a 5,000 rpm tach.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you get that VDO tach make sure you get the $.02 diode from Radio Shack. Your tach will bounce all over the place without it.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nicely done, Desert!
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