For Sale - brand new "just shipped from Kirk" VS replacement Tach

After a very long wait, Kirk just sent me my replacement VS Tach that I now can't use: during the Summer I had found an early 912 green faced VDO tach ( $100 used )and installed it. To make it fit, I had to enlrge the dash hole slightly, but now the orig VS Tach is too small for the enlarged hole, so I'm sticking with the 912 unit.
Make me an offer: it's brand new and the latest one / never installed. Free shipping in cont US.
Doug

Doug--how much did you pay Kirk for it?

Jack, they sent it to me no charge after a long wait ( Kirk is super like that for his customers..)to replace the defective Tach in my VS. Earlier this year I gave up hope of ever getting the replacement and hated looking at the dead tach, so started looking for the early 912 unit. Now that Kirk finally got them in and sent it along, unfortunately,the VS tach doesn't fit my car after I enlarged the dash hole for the 912 tach. I suppose I could keep it just as a "spare part" to match the other two VS gauges ( Speedo & Combo guages ), but really don't see the need. Maybe someone else with a dead VS tach could use it... Up til now I guess they've been impossible to get ( per Kirk and my long delay ), & we all know the earlier Chinese VS tachs were prone to fail...
Doug

Just for reference - A set of 3 go for $450 on VS web site. I like to get old broken one and put 914 VDO guts in it id anyone has a bad one.

Wolfgang,

How hard is it to do that. I will have two old (new) broken ones. Perhaps a weekend project? You show me how and you can have one of the bodies.

Paul

Doug - sorry for thread drift -

I taken the bezel rings off and put back on - without making them look too knarled. I did this to replace the scratched plastic lenses with glass ones and clean the gauge face. That takes hour or two. Putting the needle back on (after switching faces) would appear to be the tricky piece - as you don't want to hit 60 MPG before the needle comes off the peg. I think TC has done it - perhaps he can chime in. I used this:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Mult_gauge_repair/mult_gauge_repair.htm

Just an FYI on the "new" Vintage tach. I received my new version replacement more than a month ago and it seems to be just fine so far. Very smooth with no twitching like the last 3 that I have had. I think Kirk has finally found the right supplier.
Troy

Troy,

I purchased the Tach from Doug, Good to know. Both my tachs crapped out on me within a couple hundred miles after install. Glad to hear whomever buys my car will not have the same problem.

P

FYI: Paul just let me know that the "new" tach I recently got from Kirk ( and sold to Paul for low $'s as I couldn't use it... ) died after just 300 miles in his Thunder Ranch car....so much for quality on Kirk's latest tach shipment. Very frustrating...
It seems like a "hit or miss" thing on the internal tach Chinese electricals. My orig early 912 VDO tach I found & installed still works, so I'm stickin' with it...and besides, I had to make the dash hole bigger to accept the 912 tach.
Doug

That's not gonna be good news for Kirk or any of us. As of now, mine is still humming along just fine.
Troy

Put 600 miles on the Speedster this weekend. The Tach started bouncing at idle around 300 miles into the trip. I called TR wondering if it was my car killing the instrument. It was explained to me about 1 in 3 of these tachs stay functional over time. Fourth times a charm? Lets hope so.

I've put 5,ooo miles on the one Kirk replaced for me. If if dies again I'll send it to Hollywoon instruments (or whoever that is) and get the fix done. But so far so good.---Jack

MY REPLACEMRNT HAS BEEN INSTALLLED FOR 6 months 3000 miles and is working great. KIRK AND HIS TEAM ARE THE BEST!!!!