Thread: Replacing the Dead Tacho

I have a friend whe has just been laid off by a VDO agent and thats what he does is repair them.

if you strike out down there i can ask him to take a look for you.

I too had the same conundrum when buying one but managed to find a NOS (New Old Stock) one on Ebay for the right price. it is installed and this same friend came over and used an optical tachometer to adjust it so it reads true.


I never rev my 300 TDi above about 3100rpm as it scares me much above that.

So wouldn't the 4000 one be OK?

What is the redline on these motors?

G'day Zwitter

My RAVE CD says Govenor is set at 4600 RPM I think. I rarely rev mine over 3200 so the 0 - 4000 is an option. Bugger VDO. If I strike out down here I'll PM u n send it up.

Cheers,

I think my TDi would be raining down in bits way before that!!!


I droveit hard to change lanes today when the taxi had other ideas and the parked car was approaching and took it to 3200 maybe 3300 but it makes a racket and vibration etc i wont be testing the 4600.

See how ya go with VDO.
I will talk to my mate and ask him what might be wrong etc.
How hard did you drop it?

james

How did this happen Steve?? The sweaty palms associated with the excitement of pulling the dash on the 'fender? or the fact that you are getting closer, ever closer to the tongue swallowing, nosebleed enducing power upgrade I will soon unleash on your unsuspecting Fiona????


Bad luck about the Tach, I guess a 4000 one would be Ok, but I think they must've been developed for the 4BD1.

JC

James, Not hard. It fell 400 mm onto the floor of the fender. I've been in touch with the VDO ppl here in Tassie and they say that it is potentialy repairable. If not they may be able to find a 0-6000 version for me.

JC I'll take you up on the power upgrade shortly. I had to just about rewire the entire dash due to some useless individuals crap attempt to install the Tacho in the first place.

Secondly Fiona must have got thirsty at some stage as she's had a cup of capaccino through the back of the instruments.

Originally Posted by Stevo_62

Secondly Fiona must have got thirsty at some stage as she's had a cup of capaccino through the back of the instruments.

With or without sugar ???