aacooler wrote:
Hi, first off I'm new here to the forum, if you haven't guessed. ok I bought a 82 to rebuild and to annoy the wife, this is my first water cooled VW and I have a few questions. first off I was going to replace the bulbs in the instrument cluster and found the soft board falling apart, well I lost the tachometer in the reinstall so I took it out and changed the voltage regulator and still no luck. I have temp and coolant readings.. so am I missing something? Or is the board just warn out , if so I was thinking about making a custom panel, has anyone have any suggestions on brands of gauges or design? or am I just crazy?
No, we don't think you are crazy, and on the vwvortex from time to time folks have made custom gauges they are the exception and not the norm.
if most of the gauges work, then you probably lost the connection on the main connector. You can take the connector shroud off the main connector, and gingerly remove the mylar off of it. On the top side of the tongue, place one strip of electrical tape. This increases the connection tension and is non-drastic.
The tach if it was working before may come back to life.
Have you tested all your fuses? Using a meter.
The tach is usually powered from the coil so have you knocked any wires off from there?
