How hard is it to find a diesel tach?

[914turboford]

I searched on ebay and didn't see any. Also, it seems that in the GTD classifieds there are always people looking but none for sale. I'm picking up a 1985 TD Jetta today with a tach. Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet but wondering if I should hold onto the tach. Also, which alternators have the W terminal? Motorola, Bosch? Was it found only on turbo cars?
Brian

[burn_your_money]

NA and TD, Motorola and Bosch all had W terminals and all didn't have W terminals. It's hit and miss but the majority of them do have it.

CE1 clusters are very hard for me to find, CE2 is pretty easy. I hear it's the opposite in the states though

[shegel]

the autozone next to my house can get the w terminal alts for 140 reman with a lifetime warranty.

[RabbitJockey]

they're pretty hard to find imo.  but u can make one pretty easy

[914turboford]

they're pretty hard to find imo.  but u can make one pretty easy

A tach or an alternator?

[RabbitJockey]

a tach

[914turboford]

I read through part of a thread about how to convert one. Another question, will a MK1 clock fit in a Mk2 clock hole? I have an 85 Jetta TD that I'm planning on selling as a project. I was thinking I might rob the tach and replace it with a MK1 clock I have.

[RabbitJockey]

no it won't fit.

[Op-Ivy]

NA and TD, Motorola and Bosch all had W terminals and all didn't have W terminals. It's hit and miss but the majority of them do have it.

CE1 clusters are very hard for me to find, CE2 is pretty easy. I hear it's the opposite in the states though

It was the opposite for me. I had a hold of 3 ce1's before I finally got a ce2... After 2 years of searching (locally)

[westcoaster]

http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=product/product_id=129/category_id=287/home_id=59/mode=prod/prd129.htm

no experiance with it thouugh....

[Vincent Waldon]

Some options....

Signal converter for $65:

http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=product/product_id=128/category_id=105/home_id=59/mode=prod/prd128.htm


Or modify the cluster itself:

http://www.vwdiesel.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=3741


Or Roger's photocell interface:

http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/CheapTricks/Tachometer/index.shtml

[bigJ]

I've taken an A1 GTI tach and fitted it into my A1. The Dakota Digital  Universal Diesel Alternator Tachometer Interface works flawlessly once set.

[RabbitJockey]

unless ur handy with electronics i would just go the dakota digital route... it is really only 60 dollars and when u think about it, thats not that much money

[LWB Samurai Joe]

Here is an Autometer tach that I installed in my Toyota Land Cruiser.

[biojetta]

try tiny tach.