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broken tachometer



On 3:20 pm 04/14/07 "Sean Whalen" <hareless@gmail.com> wrote:
> The tach comes from the neg. side of the coil, #1.

And I messed up, it is red with a black stripe, not the other way around,
at least on my old fella.
Cathy
>
>
> On 4/14/07, julie@menloparkrandd.com <julie@menloparkrandd.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Sorry karl, The tach signal comes from the positive side of the
> >  coil. If the car runs then the sig from the dist to coil is OK.
> >  Check the wires on the coil. One will have a plastic connectort
> >  with 2 wires. IIRC the green wire is the tach, the black is the
> >  switched 12 from the ignit switch. Welcome to 20+ YO cars :)
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Karl Krupke [mailto:kkrup62@hotmail.com]
> > > Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 01:35 AM
> > > To: ajmccaus@gmail.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > Subject: RE: broken tachometer
> > >
> > > Hi Andrew,
> > >  um... Bentley manual for your model and year, electrical
> > > schematic; trace, isolate, troubleshoot.
> > >  I'm being brief and trying to NOT sound rude (probably failing,
> > >  sorry). If the engine is running and the tach is not announcing
> > > that fact to you; just follow the wiring by the book, test as you
> > > go from signal generator (distributor) to monitor (tach).
> > >  Quick cheat; see if you can fake the tach into reading
> > > something. If so, it's working, just not getting signal. In that
> > > case look for a bad connection, either loose wiring or cracked
> >  flex circuit (wrapped behind the
> > > gauge cluster on older VW's).
> > >
> > > Karl
> > >
> > >> From: "Andrew McCausland" <ajmccaus@gmail.com>
> > >> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > >> Subject: broken tachometer
> > >> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:57:35 -0600
> > >>
> > >> Hello all, since I bought my new 16v the tach has not been
> >  working at all.
> > >> Any ideas on what to look at to fix it?
> > >>
> > >> Much appreciated!
> > >>
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> > >> Andrew McCausland
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