Author Topic: are a2 clusters plug and play? (Read 5091 times)

SMOKEYDUB · « **on:** July 16, 2006, 01:49:54 pm »

i have a clock in my td and i have a cluster that has a tach in it and i noticed that there is a wire connected to the w terminal on the alternator. will the tach work if i plug it all in?

thanks

Jeff

burn_your_money · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2006, 07:45:44 pm »

I know on the gas models there is a early and late mk2 cluster. I'm not sure about diesels, I'd have to check tomorrow. What years are they from?

SMOKEYDUB · « **Reply #2 on:** July 17, 2006, 06:15:04 pm »

both have the double cinnector soits 89 i belive

Dennis Froelich · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2006, 04:13:50 am »

Yes it will. As long as the wire is red with a black stripe. My(now) TD Coupe had a clock also. I had the cluster from my donor car that had the diesel tach. I swapped the cluster and plugged it in and it worked. :shock:

bustedfoxwagen · « **Reply #4 on:** July 23, 2006, 01:46:54 pm »

i did the same and the tach won't go bast 3000 you know what might be happening?

Dennis Froelich · « **Reply #5 on:** July 23, 2006, 04:51:23 pm »

Could be the tach itself. My tach works great, goes to redline and beyond.
Don't really know for sure what could be wrong. Sorry.

bustedfoxwagen · « **Reply #6 on:** July 23, 2006, 06:16:38 pm »

that sucks! i just got it in yesterday and put it in today.... hope its not busted

SMOKEYDUB · « **Reply #7 on:** July 25, 2006, 07:37:12 pm »

i did it and it works but only revvs to the gass gauge. :lol:

madmatt · « **Reply #8 on:** August 17, 2006, 01:52:00 pm »

had problems with my t3 (vanagon)rev counter that was down to a bad connection in the engine the diesel clock seem to be more suseptable than the gas one,to test it i ran a wire from output w to the clock and it ran fine but by doing a resistance check on the origanal i traced it to a dry connection in the engine bay.