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babysnakes
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| Chip Fuchs wrote: |
Would anyone be able to make me one for my 71 bus?
Just tell me how much it is shipped to FL!
Would be nice to put in my off road bus!!! |
Here is the easiest way to add a tach IMO,
http://www.bus-boys.com/bbvdo.htm#tach
The mounting ring from Busboys is a must. The VDO model # is shown and you can pick that up for less elsewhere. With the ring, it mounts in the space for the clock. It looks just like it belongs there. |
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obnoxiousblue
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Will play more, but this is what I came up with after a couple minutes playing.
Buying the tach above and the retainer ring from BusBoys is certainly much easier, and most likely the cost isnt so much that its worth investing a couple hours in making one...
I can tinker with it more later when I got some more time.
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samwise
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I just had an epiphany...
Late Bay Clock
I'm going to try and make one... I'll be wasting my Monday morning with Photoshop  |
making a clock> i have one. they arnt hard to find...
or are you gonna use a clock, with a tach and a different face behind it? |
There's a guy on the German bulli.org forum who is making Mercedes W201 tachometers with clock fit into the spare/clock pod:
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Zebedee
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chimneyfish
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Hello Zebedee, I have an original VDO clock in there so don't plan on changing with this bus, but if I was buying here in the UK I think much prefer these to the JK ones, the latebay thread, and the images, indicates better quality by the look of them:
http://thelatebay.com/index.php?threads/deluxe-tachometers-finally-here.28446/
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notchboy
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Zebedee
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They do look better quality but the JK ones have the needle that matches the speedometer.
I couldn't afford either so just stuck this £5 ebay bargain in instead. 
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canes5time
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I have one of Chris' (Deluxe Dials) tachs. It has been working flawlessly for about 7 months now. I recommend him.
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1975 Kombi
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How about the grey face. 73-75.
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seansofthedead
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BusDepot will be getting them in soon. I just got my tach and installed it. works great. I LOVE IT
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chabanais
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This is a great thread. My issue is I have a tach but I also have a gas heater/timer/clock. So if I install the tach and leave the clock, where do all the idiot lights/gas gauge go?
This is kind of my problem now.
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Keith
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I want one of these! Especially if its hooked up to a Suby.
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I'm working on finding one to put in my '78 that's being converted to Subaru power.
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seansofthedead
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They all can be used with with suby motors. you just have to attach it to the negative side of the coil
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notchboy
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I want one of these! Especially if its hooked up to a Suby.
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I'm working on finding one to put in my '78 that's being converted to Subaru power. |
You track this guy down to make some - Im in for sure to help entice him to make them. OK?
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richparker
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BusDepot will be getting them in soon. I just got my tach and installed it. works great. I LOVE IT
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Dam BD is selling this for $279.99. I want one but not that bad, that's crazy expensive.
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seansofthedead
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worth every penny. it is very nice seeing the engine speed. I had a clock but i also have a clock on my phone too. 
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Keith
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I want one of these! Especially if its hooked up to a Suby.
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You track this guy down to make some - Im in for sure to help entice him to make them. OK? |
Contact that guy on the bulli website, he makes them.
http://forum.bulli.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=16199
I bought a Mercedes tach/clock combo yesterday and I will be doing the mods to make it match the speedo when I get it. Best part is with a Subaru motor I could leave the gauge face the same if I wanted to because the redline is correct on the one I bought.
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Volktales
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I don't know if this has been mentioned in some other thread, but it may be of use to someone here. I put a tach in my '74 Riveria Camper some time ago and needed to run the wire from the tach back to the ignition coil. I didn't really want to add another non-original wire to the engine compartment, so did this instead. My '74 features the long useless "test socket" in the engine compartment, and it finally came in handy. After disconnecting the battery, I unscrewed to socket to access the back. My bus still had the grey wire with a green strip attached to the negative side of the coil. This was cut at the back of the test socket. There is a blue wire with a white stripe at the back of the socket too. Cut this from the socket and join it directly to the previously cut grey wire with green stripe. Reinstall the socket. Now go to the dash and disconnect the blue wire with white stripe from the rear window defogger switch. In my case this wire was long enough to connect directly to the tach with no further modifications! What you have done is utilized some extra wiring that was already there that no longer served its original purpose anyway. And it looks stock so you can tell everyone about your "rare" factory tach! Please note that this procedure will work on models equipped with heated rear windows and test sockets only. US spec 1973 and later buses will work but I don't know what year VW discontinued the test socket.... Hope this simplifies someones installation.
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Keith
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That may work but now your rear defrost won't work, correct ? We kind of need that here in the northeast.
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Volktales
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Take a look in your Bentley manual. This mod has no effect on defogger operation at all.
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