I realize that I'd need the sender as well as the cluster, which is why I'm really looking for an entire car. Am I correct in concluding that all the 300D's with turbos ('81-'85, I think) have the clock/tach combo?

Phil

'84 Euro 300D
'85 Calif 300D

1982 to 1985 Turbos had the tach. There is a change somewhere in 1983 to 1984, as the first versions used an inductive sensor that sensed a pin on the crankshaft belt pulley and an amplifier on the fenderwell. Later versions used a sensor in the engine to transmission adapter that sensed the ring gear teeth and did not use an amplifier. And I've heard that models with an EGR system, aka California models, used a different setup again that ran off of an EGR computer.

Yup, sits in the passenger side kick.

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TD's were made with the turbo in 1981 model year, sedans and coupes in '82.

I recently acquired and 81 TD turbo with no tach. I wonder if the cluster was swapped?

Glenn

Only the 82-85 turbo cars had the tach.

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