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Reply #15January 28, 2008, 07:27:35 am

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How hard is it to find a diesel tach?
« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2008, 07:27:35 am »
http://vwdiesel.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=12418

Does anyone know? Could someone verify?

Can someone give a location on the alternator where I may find this terminal? ive been to VW in oshawa and they couldnt answer my question with the car infront of them! I could not beleave it! Honestly...
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Reply #16January 28, 2008, 08:01:46 am

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How hard is it to find a diesel tach?
« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2008, 08:01:46 am »
Just look on the back of the alternator for a male spade connector with a stamped or raised W beside it
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Reply #17January 29, 2008, 07:19:12 am

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making w terminal?
« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2008, 07:19:12 am »
Ive seen many alt's for a vw and im yet to see one with that terminal

Im beginning to think everyone knows but me...
thanks for varifying that location of the terminal///

Now how to make one....?

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Making a W terminal is also very easy. It is just one of the alt signals prior to the rectifying diodes.

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Reply #18January 29, 2008, 08:35:45 pm

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How hard is it to find a diesel tach?
« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2008, 08:35:45 pm »
Samurai Joe, I like the look of that.  Two questions- does it run off of a standard W terminal, and what is the diameter?
 That one might fit in the center of my stock cluster, under the l.e.d.'s. (I kinda like my big clunky analog clock)
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Reply #19January 30, 2008, 02:05:21 pm

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« Reply #19 on: January 30, 2008, 02:05:21 pm »
if they don't have the w terminal they usually have a w terminal hole with no spade sticking out... actually all the vw alternators i've seen have the w marking on them wether they had the connector or not
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