broken tachometer

[julie at menloparkrandd.com (julie@menloparkrandd.com)]

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!
>>
>>--
>>Andrew McCausland
>>87 Scirocco 16v Black
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