I bought a VDo Xtreme tach of Ebay. I was assured it was 'brand new' never started etc and it looked it BUT of course it is stuffed; the needle darts back and forth at idle, the shift light flickers etc.
Does anyone have experience with any instrument repair places in Sydney? Pacific (ex-Gordon/Lindfield) seems to be gone...
barls ·
let me know how you go as i might have to have a speedo adjusted for different rims
hellbugged ·
sounds strange...........you sure you got a good earth on that sucker etc........got the switches in the correct position for a four cylinder?
i have the manual for those if you didn't get one.
1303Steve ·
Hi
Is it fully sik maate?
I had a incorrect reading problems with a VDO tacho in my daily 1303. To run on a normal points ignition it needed a resistor in the - wire, if you call Barry at
St George Instrument Services Pty Ltd
91 Planthurst Rd Carlton 2218
(02) 9547 0855
Tell him you know me, hes the one that told me about the resisitor, maybe your tacho needs a resistor as well.
Steve
1303Steve ·
barls wrote:let me know how you go as i might have to have a speedo adjusted for different rims
that would require me to put a fuel gauge in as well then
1303Steve ·
Or you could mount it inside your stock speedo?
barls ·
ill think about im not sure if i need to at this stage yet just thinking
1303Steve ·
Hi
I bought a Garmin GPS the other day. The GPS reading compared to the speedo in my BA Falcon work ute reads way under, its worse than my daily 1303 with low profile tyres.
Steve
VWCOOL ·
1303Steve wrote:Hi
Is it fully sik maate?
I had a incorrect reading problems with a VDO tacho in my daily 1303. To run on a normal points ignition it needed a resistor in the - wire, if you call Barry at
St George Instrument Services Pty Ltd
91 Planthurst Rd Carlton 2218
(02) 9547 0855
Tell him you know me, hes the one that told me about the resisitor, maybe your tacho needs a resistor as well.
Steve
yeah Steve it is fully hektik.. no, omigod, it is catastrophic now that it doesn't f-n work.
No mention of a resistor in the on-line instructions and yeah I got the pre-sets to the four-cylinder position
I'll try your mate and see what he says
hellbugged ·
no resistor on mine and it's running fullysikK maaaaate
VWCOOL ·
you haven't got any 'performance' ignition system do you Damo? Mine is stocko points
hellbugged ·
yeah, as far from stock as possible............sorry
1303Steve ·
Hi
The tachos that that needed the resistor was a small batch and VDO in their wisdom didn't think any cars that still used a Kettering ignitions would still be on then road.
On my car it either read high or low, cant remember, as if the switches were set wrong.
Steve
BeetleJuice ·
Hi COOL
If your desperate,
thers's a guy in Toowoomba that repairs them. I can pass on details if you like.
Craig
VWCOOL ·
hey thanks Craig I have rung Steve C's mate in Sydney and have mailed it to him for a look