Author Topic: tach (Read 2604 times)

shegel · « **on:** December 13, 2007, 10:12:19 pm »

my car has the w terminal but i dont have the cash to buy a new cluster. can i just take a tach and hook the signal part of it up to the w terminal?

Op-Ivy · « **Reply #1 on:** December 13, 2007, 11:52:31 pm »

Yes, as long as that tach is a diesel specific one. Gasser tachs run of the distributer (different signal).

shegel · « **Reply #2 on:** December 14, 2007, 12:00:14 am »

im not sure what the tach is off of. i found it in a box when i was under the house looking for my dads compress9ion tester.....will it hurt anything if i hook it up/.

somolovitch3 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 14, 2007, 04:55:40 am »

If it goes to 7K its a gasser.

shegel · « **Reply #4 on:** December 14, 2007, 07:59:04 am »

i would still like to try....will it hurt anything if i do hook it up

burn_your_money · « **Reply #5 on:** December 14, 2007, 08:37:14 am »

I doubt it but I don't know.

Look for markings on it and type them into google

RabbitJockey · « **Reply #6 on:** December 14, 2007, 08:15:01 pm »

i don't think it hurts anything to hook them up, it looks pretty funny though

Vincent Waldon · « **Reply #7 on:** December 14, 2007, 08:33:25 pm »

The W signal is approximately 12 times faster than a gasser tach will expect, and the waveform is different as well... let us know what you find out !