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Yakazuka vs VDO 200

posted by  someone claiming to be DaButcher on  Mon Nov 11 22:55 CST 2002 [RELATED]

Hi!

I went to a junkyard and said that I wanted a tachometer for my 80' 242DL.
He then gave me the entire speedo with the tach, as he didnt bother to dis-assemble it.

When I then came home and dis-assembled the dashboard, I noticed that the two speedo's where different.
The one I got from the junkyard was "VDO", while the original(?) was "Yakazuka".
I tried retrofitting the tach from the VDO into the Yakazuka speedo, but it doesent fit. I noticed that the light sockets are also different.
Also the VDO speedo doesent fit the "clamp" thingie on the speedo wire.

So.. Can I break off the clamp thingie? Or wont it hold itself in the speedo?

I really want to use the VDO instead, as the colors on the speedo are much nicer. It has more quality everywhere.

Also; Does anyone know where the tach wire is? I saw it went from the coil and into the torpedo wall.. Is it in one of the plugs on the speedo? I looked in the haynes manual, with no luck. I would prefer not re-wiring anothr wire unless needed.






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