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Title: Tachometer inop
Post by: John and Stacey on September 10, 2020, 03:53:12 pm
Changed one of my air pressure gauges and air (Hadley) horn relay. No more air leaks.  Now my problem is the tachometer is not working.  1. When I start motor tach sweeps from 0 to max and stays there or it goes to 0 and stays there.
                2. Have taken wires off and put them back on in same position.
                3. Sometimes when key is on and motor started, if gauge is indicating 0 the needle seems to tick a little.
Title: Re: Tachometer inop
Post by: Protech Racing on September 10, 2020, 04:28:35 pm
Clean the connections. Clean ground
Swap wires around  , in that order.
Title: Re: Tachometer inop
Post by: John and Stacey on September 10, 2020, 04:35:24 pm
Connections clean and tried swapping wires around...2 white wires and 1 green.
Title: Re: Tachometer inop
Post by: Barry & Cindy on September 10, 2020, 06:13:34 pm
Tach uses a simple pickup visibly located on top of bell housing between engine & tranny. Make sure wires are clean and attached. Sensor wires are known to sometimes fall off.

Gauge startup movement is just the gauge booting up with ignition power. Has no bearing on sensor connectivity.

Sensor sends pulses and an adjustable setting in the tach calibrates pulses to RPM.
Title: Re: Tachometer inop
Post by: Caflashbob on September 10, 2020, 11:24:09 pm
Re Crimp the wire ends.  A definite maybe
Title: Re: Tachometer inop
Post by: Ldillow on April 19, 2021, 09:59:57 am
Did u ever fix ur tach?