Author Topic: A1 factory tach again,..... (Read 6670 times)

Northern RD · « **on:** June 26, 2007, 10:23:38 am »

http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~mw105397/mk1cluster/00086.jpg

Alas,......

RabbitJockey · « **Reply #1 on:** June 26, 2007, 03:57:20 pm »

pssh i like mine better, i would have put a diesel speedo in this one but the guy i did it for didn't want me to.

TD_Bunny · « **Reply #2 on:** June 26, 2007, 11:53:58 pm »

where do you get a factory diesel tach at? and if not factory then where could i get a tach from that would work in my A1?

burn_your_money · « **Reply #3 on:** June 27, 2007, 05:02:39 am »

PM Trev0rbr, the one in the first link appears to be one of the few ones ever made, and may have only been a prototype

myke_w · « **Reply #4 on:** June 27, 2007, 06:48:32 am »

I'm pretty sure it must be a prototype, it has 0 miles and has never been installed, there are no marks on the electrical connectors or any evidence of installation on the plastic tabs (screw marks).

BlackTieTD · « **Reply #5 on:** June 27, 2007, 08:24:23 am »

Quote from: Trev0rbr

pssh i like mine better, i would have put a diesel speedo in this one but the guy i did it for didn't want me to.

isn't that just a converted gasser cluster?

myke_w · « **Reply #6 on:** June 27, 2007, 08:52:10 am »

The one in that pic is indeed gas

Darth Garry · « **Reply #7 on:** June 27, 2007, 08:52:38 am »

I don't know why VW didn't put a tach in everything. Who needs a stupid clock!

Garry

myke_w · « **Reply #8 on:** June 27, 2007, 08:56:43 am »

true dat, plus to make a production run all the same seems like it would be cheaper anyway

Northern RD · « **Reply #9 on:** June 27, 2007, 10:10:59 am »

Quote from: myke_w

I'm pretty sure it must be a prototype, it has 0 miles and has never been installed, there are no marks on the electrical connectors or any evidence of installation on the plastic tabs (screw marks).

The whole point of creating a prototype is to test the product in the real world in order to see how it stands up :testing means use and wear. As well, one of the other pics at this guys` site illustates a part number and why would you issue a part number to something that`s a one-off or two-off? What we probably have here is an example of a rare OEM istem that was sitting in someones` part stock unsold. And, given that it was @$200 in 1981(in addition to the cost of insallation), I imagine that there`s not many of them around, which would account for the rarity,...
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myke_w · « **Reply #10 on:** June 27, 2007, 10:13:37 am »

the pics are from my site, and there is no factory vw style part # on this cluster, only production dates..

I can reference all #'s against the etka and see what there is there.

Northern RD · « **Reply #11 on:** June 27, 2007, 10:22:50 am »

Quote from: myke_w

the pics are from my site, and there is no factory vw style part # on this cluster, only production dates..

I can reference all #'s against the etka and see what there is there.

You might want the check with anyone in South Africa VW as the tach is still an option in that market and fairly common in the bone yards there,..

burn_your_money · « **Reply #12 on:** June 27, 2007, 10:25:08 am »

I'm asking someone in Cape Town right now....

Northern RD · « **Reply #13 on:** June 27, 2007, 10:30:30 am »

Quote from: burn_your_money

I'm asking someone in Cape Town right now....

Check with Ron at Rons parts: his outfit is based in SA,..

burn_your_money · « **Reply #14 on:** June 27, 2007, 10:51:19 am »

I didn't get a response, he may have just been signed into MSN

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