Yeah that's the one. Is that the one you were talking about? I already bought one and put it on the car, thanks for the offer though.
Jim Weinheimer [email protected] 85 2.0L 16v GTI 85 Golf >If you are referring to the shorter speedo cable that connects to the black >box, then I have one of those for sale. I only want like $10 and it was >used for like 200 miles. > >Brandt >89 GTI 16v > >-------Original Message------- > >From: jimvish >Date: Sunday, June 17, 2001 10:55:03 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: 160mph Scirocco Speedo Installed > >The two piece speedo cable is still available, I just bought one last week >from the VW dealer when mine fell apart while installing the 140mph cluster. >$27. The cluster now works great for everyone that saw my earlier posts. > >Jim Weinheimer >[email protected] >85 2.0L 16v GTI >85 Golf > > >>- I installed a new speedo cable as well. My old cable was a two piece >type, with the black box mileage counter in between. I went with a one >piece cable, as the two piece cables are not available any more (AFAIK). >What a pain in the neck it is to get that speedo cable attached to the back >of the cluster. >> >>- Lastly, now that the oxygen sensor mileage counter is gone (black box), I >came up with an idea. Being that I now have an LED in my cluster that won't >be used (the center light on early 16vs is labeled 'OXS'), I thought about >what I could use it for. Well, for some time now, my full throttle switch >intermitently worked. I have the TT Fuel Enrichment, so sometimes I wasn't >even getting the benefit of it. Now, I have a lead from the full throttle >switch connected (with a relay, to reverse the ground) directly to that >center LED in the dash. I added the relay, and tapped into the lead from >the OXS mileage counter plug (didn't have to cut any wires at all, all was >done under the hood) When the throttle is fully opened now, I get a LED on >the dash letting me know. The red LED bothered me, so I put a yellow one in >from an extra cluster I had laying around. I also scanned in the little >piece of metal with the 5 icons (turn signal, alternator, oxs, oil pres, >highbeams) into photoshop, and add the Techtonics Tuning logo in place of >the OXS. Printed out on a good laser printer, glued it, looks awesome. >Definitely useful as an indicator light. I will probably take some pics >tommorrow, so if anyone is interested, let me know. >> >>Denis G. >>1987 GTI 16v >>http://come.to/veedubs >> >> >><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> >><HTML><HEAD> >><META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> >><META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> >><STYLE></STYLE> >></HEAD> >><BODY bgColor=#ffffff> >><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today I had enough time to put the 160 >scirocco >>speedo I bought off of ebay in my car. No major install issues, buts >its >>pretty cool looking down and see a less cluttered speedo (20 mph increments >vs >>the regular 10mph) and seeing 160 is pretty nice. Also, the speedo >starts >>at 10mph (not zero like most other clusters), so the needle doesnt move at >all >>until you are doing at least 10mph. Too bad the car could probably only do >135 >>or so (0.75 fifth gear) but I guess that's not the point of it ></FONT></DIV> >><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway, a few points:</FONT></DIV> >><DIV> </DIV> >><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- The rocco speedo (out of an 87 >Scirocco) >>doesn't have a MFA. Obviously, I didnt want to loose my trip >computer, so >>I ended up swapping the speedo itself into my existing cluster. I had > >>originally planned to just swap clusters, without taking apart my original >>cluster. Also, the 160 speedo did not have the speed sensor like my >140 >>had, so I had to cut some plastic and add that as well (for the mpg and >other >>features to work)</FONT></DIV> >><DIV> </DIV> >><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- I installed a new speedo cable as >well. My >>old cable was a two piece type, with the black box mileage counter in >>between. I went with a one piece cable, as the two piece cables are >not >>available any more (AFAIK). What a pain in the neck it is to get that > >>speedo cable attached to the back of the cluster. </FONT></DIV> >><DIV> </DIV> >><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Lastly, now that the oxygen sensor mileage >>counter is gone (black box), I came up with an idea. Being that I now >have >>an LED in my cluster that won't be used (the center light on early 16vs is >>labeled 'OXS'), I thought about what I could use it for. Well, for >some >>time now, my full throttle switch intermitently worked. I have the TT >Fuel >>Enrichment, so sometimes I wasn't even getting the benefit of it. Now > I >>have a lead from the full throttle switch connected (with a relay, to >reverse >>the ground) directly to that center LED in the dash. I added the > >>relay, and tapped into the lead from the OXS mileage counter plug >(didn't >>have to cut any wires at all, all was done under the hood) When the >>throttle is fully opened now, I get a LED on the dash letting me >know. The >>red LED bothered me, so I put a yellow one in from an extra cluster I had >laying >>around. I also scanned in the little piece of metal with the 5 icons >(turn >>signal, alternator, oxs, oil pres, highbeams) into photoshop, and add the >>Techtonics Tuning logo in place of the OXS. Printed out on a good >laser >>printer, glued it, looks awesome. Definitely useful as an indicator >>light. I will probably take some pics tommorrow, so if anyone is >>interested, let me know.</FONT></DIV> >><DIV> </DIV> >><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Denis G.</FONT></DIV> >><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1987 GTI 16v</FONT></DIV> >><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A >>href="http://come.to/veedubs";>http://come.to/veedubs</A></FONT></DIV> >><DIV> </DIV> >><DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> >> > >_____________ >List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com >To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with >'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message >See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com >Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><html> ><head> ><meta name="GENERATOR" content="IncrediMail 1.0"> ></head> ><BODY background=cid:BackGrnd.jpg bgColor=#dfdfe4 scroll=yes style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0px 0px; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px" text="#000040" X-ADF ="0" X-AD="C3C52140-4147-11D4-BA3D-0050DAC68030" X-APF="1" X-AP="6486DDE0-3EFD-11D4-BA3D-0050DAC68030" X-ANF="0" X-AN="6486DDE0-3EFD-11D4-BA3D-0050DAC68030" X-ASHF="1" X-ASH="A5BE2A00-37CC-11D4-BA36-0050DAC68030" X-ASNF="0" X-ASN="A5BE2A00-37CC-11D4-BA36-0050DAC68030" X-FVER="1.0" X-FID="BA285063-5BCE-11D4-AF8D-0050DAC67E11" SIGCOLOR="0" X-FIT="Letter" X-FCAT="General" X-FCOL="Elegant Paper" X-FDIS="Rice Fields" ORGYPOS="0"><TABLE border=0 cellPadding=2 cellSpacing=0 id=INCREDIMAINTABLE width="95%"> ><TBODY> > ><TR> > ><TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; PADDING-LEFT: 7px; PADDING-RIGHT: 7px" > width="100%"> > <DIV>If you are referring to the shorter speedo cable that connects to the > black box, then I have one of those for sale. I only want like $10 > and it was used for like 200 miles.</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>Brandt</DIV> > <DIV>89 GTI 16v</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV id=IncrediOriginalMessage><I>-------Original Message-------</I></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV id=receivestrings> > <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A > href="mailto:[email protected]";>jimvish</A></DIV> > <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> Sunday, June 17, > 2001 10:55:03 AM</DIV> > <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A></DIV> > <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> Re: 160mph > Scirocco Speedo Installed</DIV></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV>The two piece speedo cable is still available, I just > bought one last week<BR>from the VW dealer when mine fell apart while > installing the 140mph cluster.<BR>$27. The cluster now works great for > everyone that saw my earlier posts.<BR><BR>Jim Weinheimer<BR><A > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A><BR>85 2.0L 16v > GTI<BR>85 Golf<BR><BR><BR>>- I installed a new speedo cable as well. My > old cable was a two piece<BR>type, with the black box mileage counter in > between. I went with a one<BR>piece cable, as the two piece cables are not > available any more (AFAIK).<BR>What a pain in the neck it is to get that > speedo cable attached to the back<BR>of the cluster. <BR>><BR>>- > Lastly, now that the oxygen sensor mileage counter is gone (black box), > I<BR>came up with an idea. Being that I now have an LED in my cluster that > won't<BR>be used (the center light on early 16vs is labeled 'OXS'), I > thought about<BR>what I could use it for. Well, for some time now, my full > throttle switch<BR>intermitently worked. I have the TT Fuel Enrichment, so > sometimes I wasn't<BR>even getting the benefit of it. Now, I have a lead > from the full throttle<BR>switch connected (with a relay, to reverse the > ground) directly to that<BR>center LED in the dash. I added the relay, and > tapped into the lead from<BR>the OXS mileage counter plug (didn't have to > cut any wires at all, all was<BR>done under the hood) When the throttle is > fully opened now, I get a LED on<BR>the dash letting me know. The red LED > bothered me, so I put a yellow one in<BR>from an extra cluster I had > laying around. I also scanned in the little<BR>piece of metal with the 5 > icons (turn signal, alternator, oxs, oil pres,<BR>highbeams) into > photoshop, and add the Techtonics Tuning logo in place of<BR>the OXS. > Printed out on a good laser printer, glued it, looks > awesome.<BR>Definitely useful as an indicator light. I will probably take > some pics<BR>tommorrow, so if anyone is interested, let me > know.<BR>><BR>>Denis G.<BR>>1987 GTI 16v<BR>><A > href="http://come.to/veedubs";>http://come.to/veedubs</A><BR>><BR>><BR> ><!DOCTYPE > HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 > Transitional//EN"><BR>><HTML><HEAD><BR>><META > content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" > http-equiv=Content-Type><BR>><META content="MSHTML > 5.00.2614.3500" > name=GENERATOR><BR>><STYLE></STYLE><BR>></HEAD><B R>><BODY > bgColor=#ffffff><BR>><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today > I had enough time to put the 160 scirocco <BR>>speedo I bought off of > ebay in my car.&nbsp; No major install issues, buts its <BR>>pretty > cool looking down and see a less cluttered speedo (20 mph increments vs > <BR>>the regular 10mph) and seeing 160 is pretty nice.&nbsp; Also, > the speedo<BR>starts <BR>>at 10mph (not zero like most other clusters), > so the needle doesnt move at all <BR>>until you are doing at least > 10mph. Too bad the car could probably only do 135 <BR>>or so (0.75 > fifth gear) but I guess that's not the point of > it.</FONT></DIV><BR>><DIV><FONT face=Arial > size=2>Anyway, a few > points:</FONT></DIV><BR>><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><BR >><DIV><FONT > face=Arial size=2>-&nbsp; The rocco speedo (out of an 87 Scirocco) > <BR>>doesn't have a MFA.&nbsp; Obviously, I didnt want to loose my > trip<BR>computer, so <BR>>I ended up swapping the speedo itself into my > existing cluster.&nbsp; I had <BR>>originally planned to just swap > clusters, without taking apart my original <BR>>cluster.&nbsp; > Also, the 160 speedo did not have the speed sensor like my 140 > <BR>>had, so I had to cut some plastic and add that as well (for the > mpg and other <BR>>features to > work)</FONT></DIV><BR>><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><BR>& gt;<DIV><FONT > face=Arial size=2>- I installed a new speedo cable > as<BR>well.&nbsp; My <BR>>old cable was a two piece type, with the > black box mileage counter in <BR>>between.&nbsp; I went with a one > piece cable, as the two piece cables are not <BR>>available any more > (AFAIK).&nbsp; What a pain in the neck it is to get that > <BR>>speedo cable attached to the back of the > cluster.&nbsp;</FONT></DIV><BR>><DIV>&nbsp;< /DIV><BR>><DIV><FONT > face=Arial size=2>- Lastly, now that the oxygen sensor mileage > <BR>>counter is gone (black box), I came up with an idea.&nbsp; > Being that I now<BR>have <BR>>an LED in my cluster that won't be used > (the center light on early 16vs is <BR>>labeled 'OXS'), I thought about > what I could use it for.&nbsp; Well, for some <BR>>time now, my > full throttle switch intermitently worked.&nbsp; I have the TT<BR>Fuel > <BR>>Enrichment, so sometimes I wasn't even getting the benefit of > it.&nbsp; Now, I <BR>>have a lead from the full throttle switch > connected (with a relay, to reverse <BR>>the ground) directly to that > center LED in the dash.&nbsp;&nbsp;I added the <BR>>relay, and > tapped into the lead from the&nbsp;OXS mileage counter plug (didn't > <BR>>have to cut any wires at all, all was done under the > hood)&nbsp; When the <BR>>throttle is fully opened now, I get a LED > on the dash letting me<BR>know.&nbsp; The <BR>>red LED bothered me, > so I put a yellow one in from an extra cluster I had<BR>laying > <BR>>around.&nbsp; I also scanned in the little piece of metal with > the 5 icons<BR>(turn <BR>>signal, alternator, oxs, oil pres, highbeams) > into photoshop, and add the <BR>>Techtonics Tuning logo in place of the > OXS.&nbsp; Printed out on a good laser <BR>>printer, glued it, > looks awesome.&nbsp; Definitely useful as an indicator > <BR>>light.&nbsp; I will probably take some pics tommorrow, so if > anyone is <BR>>interested, let me > know.</FONT></DIV><BR>><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><BR>& gt;<DIV><FONT > face=Arial size=2>Denis > G.</FONT></DIV><BR>><DIV><FONT face=Arial > size=2>1987 GTI 16v</FONT></DIV><BR>><DIV><FONT > face=Arial size=2><A <BR>>href="<A > href="http://come.to/veedubs";>http://come.to/veedubs</A>"><A > href="http://come.to/veedubs";>http://come.to/veedubs</A></A></FONT& gt;</DIV><BR>><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><BR>><DIV>& amp;nbsp;</DIV></BODY></HTML><BR>><BR><BR>_____________ <BR>List > Sponsor: <A > href="http://www.netsville.com";>http://www.netsville.com</A><BR>To remove > yourself from this list, send mail to <A > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A> with > 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message<BR>See us on the web at > <A href="http://www.a2-16v.com";>http://www.a2-16v.com</A><BR>Visit the 16V > Homepage at <A > href="http://www.gti16v.org";>http://www.gti16v.org</A><BR></TD></TR> ><TR> ><TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> ><TABLE cellPadding=0 cellSpacing=0 width="100%"> ><TBODY> ><TR> ><TD width="100%"></TD> ><TD align=middle id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom></TD> ><TD align=middle id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN >id=IncrediStamp><SPAN dir=ltr><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" >size=2>_________________________________________________<BR><FONT >face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><I>IncrediMail</I> - <B>Email has finally >evolved</B> - </FONT><A href="http://www.incredimail.com/imstampa.html";><FONT >face="Times New Roman" size=3><B><U>Click >Here</U></B></FONT></A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></BODY></html>Content-Type: Image/jpeg >Content-ID: <BackGrnd.jpg> > >Attachment Converted: d:\eudora\attach\Re 160mph Scirocco Speedo Inst > _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
