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PostPosted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:48 pm 
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my tacho in my clubman is playin silly buggers. today it was windy and i was drivin along and the revs were swaying like crazy from 1000 to 4000 and when i'd stop it'd come down to normal 1000 or whateva but would just not read right at all when i drove or reved it, etc. how do i fix this? is somethin just loose or what?

also can i have 2 tacho's connected at once so i can have a fully sic one somewhere? so people think im cool and have a big... tachometer :wink:


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Sounds like a loose wire.

Yes, you can have more than 1 tacho
No, you shouldn't have more than 1 tacho :P
(in the interest of good taste)

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:08 pm 
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thanks, yay im so gonna get another one, a huge one with a big shift light and people will be like "thats fully sik" and i'll be like "yes" and then we will have parties. thanks 4 ur help, i shall look into it soon. and if i cant find the problem i will ask more questions and not be so silly about it.

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Just hook it up to power, and then put another wire ont he positve side of the coil... Instructions should all be in the box anyways

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sure you havnt got the wire connected to the wrong side of the coil, mine did that once and it was that...

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is it the standard clubby tach ????
there should be two whit wires that connect it give them a clean with a light sandpaper
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 Post subject: Re: tacho troubles
PostPosted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:11 pm 
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stuvz wrote:
also can i have 2 tacho's connected at once so i can have a fully sic one somewhere? so people think im cool and have a big... tachometer :wink:


only if you have a bath in yoghurt with them while you play with your nipples.

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What is this thing with silly big tacho's, I thought mine was big but it was only 80mm...


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Gordo, that is a strange place to mount two of the most important guages. What is your reasoning for mounting them under the dash?

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so no-one knows what bling miester you are :)

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Aren't guages for monitoring your engine? So it would make more sense to have the guages where you can see them. The oil pressure and tacho should be right where you can see them. Personally the speedo would be the first guage to be positioned where it's not easy to see. But I guess that's just personal opinion. I would rather save my engine than have somebody think I have too much bling.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:43 pm 
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thanks 4 all ur help people. i'll try to fix it tomorrow, didnt get around to it, was too busy admiring the bling on my new radiator cap 8) oh yeh, the only thing in my engine bay thats shiney.

any more pictures of where people have put theres would be good aswell, like more ideas of where i should place it. think i might want people seein it though, maybe then they'll think its faster than it is, haha :wink:


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I had a wood grain dash and i didnt want to cut any extra holes in it... And you can see them perfectly fine... With the dash im gonna have in the van, all the guages will be in the dash, looks neater and better in my opinion

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