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Hobson
 Post subject: Tacho pod install
PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 4:02 pm 
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Ok so I have been slack of recent and not done anything, so I ordered a Tacho and POD the other week, how have people installed theirs, pictures please =D

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9YaTaH
 Post subject: Re: Taco pod install
PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 4:04 pm 
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It would help if you showed us your Tacho and your Pod :idea:

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Hobson
 Post subject: Re: Taco pod install
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9YaTaH wrote:
It would help if you showed us your Tacho and your Pod :idea:


Just a basic after market pod, with a nice shiny smiths. Just looking at mounting ideas next to the 2 guage "clubman" "pod", alternatives from drilling a big dirty hole in the rail.

http://minikingdomonline.com.au/product/tachometer-pod/

http://www.howardinstruments.com.au/pro ... ec5c877eeb

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Tonz
 Post subject: Re: Taco pod install
PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 4:25 pm 
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and heres me thinking 'silly bugga' why would anyone want to install a taco....thems the things you eat.
and Pod isnt that something that Apple make along with their Ipod, Ipad etc etc

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Lillee
 Post subject: Re: Tacho pod install
PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 5:05 pm 
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This is how I have mine, works

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 Post subject: Re: Tacho pod install
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Usually people with Clubmans use the three gauge dash?

I like tachos mounted to the steering column, rather than on the dash, as long as they're not in the way of the other gauges and dash lights


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 Post subject: Re: Tacho pod install
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I assume your car is a clubman?

Most people just get a triple guage cluster for a mini S/LS/SS/GT

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Hobson
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Bubbacluby wrote:
I assume your car is a clubman?

Most people just get a triple gauge cluster for a mini S/LS/SS/GT


if you want to be technical its a "Clubman" 78 Mini S (as the Clubman name was removed by this time). I was thinking about the 3 gauge but wanted something different.

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 Post subject: Re: Tacho pod install
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I fabricated a flat bracket that was sandwiched between the parcel shelf and the steering column bracket, so no holes drilled. The other end had a hole to accommodate the pod. Just used a piece of cardboard as a template to get the length and bends in the right place. That was 40 years ago so no pictures, sorry. Of course the steering rack u-bolts were slackened first so as to avoid strain on the steering pinion.

It was a bit like this bracket I fabricated for the Police speedo.

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Home made bracket


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Hobson
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RNY997 wrote:
Home made bracket



That is an interesting one, what secures it to the ash tray hole?

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Hobson wrote:
RNY997 wrote:
Home made bracket



That is an interesting one, what secures it to the ash tray hole?


a couple of bridging plates clamp from the underside.

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RNY997 wrote:
Hobson wrote:
RNY997 wrote:
Home made bracket



That is an interesting one, what secures it to the ash tray hole?


a couple of bridging plates clamp from the underside.


Neat :D

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