That's what I thought was wrong, but I swapped in a good tach with the 8k tach circuit board attached to it. Since the actual tach mechanism is exactly the same as the 7k one, this should work, but it's still slow. I know that the 7k tach mechanism works perfectly.
Jim Weinheimer [email protected] 85 2.0L 16v GTI 85 Golf >On Mon, 21 May 2001, jimvish wrote: > >> Well, I thought that the needle and related electro-magnetic mechanism might >> be somehow screwed up so I swapped the circuit board on the back of the tach >> onto a 7k tach mechanism. I hooked it up and it does the exact same thing as >> before. The needle moves VERY slow and reads incorrectly. I checked all of >> the wiring diagrams and everything is exactly the same for the 7k/120mph >> cluster and 8k/140mph cluster. I'm at a complete loss here. Has anyone done >> this swap??? Please help me out, I don't want to have wasted my money on >> this cluster. Any help is appreciated, even just a contact for someone who >> knows anything about this swap would be good. >> > >Hmm... hate to say it, but i'm looking for a new cluster because mine does >that. I managed to bend the tiny pin that the tach needle attaches to, >and now my tach "sticks". You can take apart the cluster and slightly >bend the pin a bit to try to get it to rotate freely, but I never got a >long-term solution for mine. Still sticks. > > >_____________ >List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com >To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message >See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com >Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
