Re: [T3] Tach or clock?

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 26 Jun 2007 at 16:54, Chris Slaymaker wrote:

> I have a non-working clock - I didn't even try to open it up to see.

I've not had much luck getting the late ('71-) clocks working again, 
but others report that removing the back cover and flushing the works 
with WD-40 helps.

> I am considering putting a VDO tach in its place.  Will it fit OK w/o mods?
> I have a tach in my bus, and it fits just fine in the clock space (it was
> blank) with an easily available bracket.

VDO, and some other makers, made very nice custom-fit tachs for type 
3s, but they were never a factory item. They were expensive at the 
time, so few people bought them, which means that now they are 
expensive collector's items. There must have been 3 different 
versions: early grey face, '71 grey face, late black face. Perhaps 
there was an early grey face with red hands. 

Good luck finding one.  

One of our members has a nice collection of them with good photos on 
the web. Was that Neil?

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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