OK all,
I've found today the Smiths electronic tacho in Barney is not reading consistently with the Pulsar electronic dizzy.
I saw 7000 without trying and it's a stocko 998 Clubby motor. No, I didn't believe it..
Any known wiring mods, or is it a POS and I should flog it and buy something that works?

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have you got another tacho to try out kev? ive got one here if you want to test it.

You sure you werent doing 7000rpm?? you could have a cooper 's' motor in your lookalike

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Is this an old style classic tacho?

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Brad, I know a 998 and 7000 rpm when I see & hear them.
No, it's way off. 3000 rpm in 4th gear with 3.4 or 3.6 diff is NOT 60KMH...
It was reading funny on the Canberra run too, with the old 90MPH speedo.
Just not consistent. Maybe the tacho is a dud, I dunno. Did Lucas own Smiths??

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0-8000 rpm, but I think it's the later one, will have a look in the morning.

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hey leave Smith alone!
Lucas may have been the black sheep in the family

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Not sure about the smiths one, but I know the clubbie one worked okay in my car with electronic ignition (not the pulsar dizzy tho)

as for smiths everyone I know likes there work, my grand father actually worked in the factory and offices for smiths gauges. You can still buy guages by companies that are from the same "Family" as smiths, such as green gauges for custom work. and CAI which provides gauges to aston martin, lotus and rolls royce. A bit of history here

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I think the smiths 0-8000 that I bought is busted. I tried it when I first bought it with the lucas dizzy -- no good. Tried it the other day with the wiring you suggested - no good. Tried it on my mates EH and it didn't read.

Interestingly, he has a funky timing light that displays RPM, dwell, voltage.... when we were timing my car we couldn't get any reading for the rpm and dwell but it works fine on his engine.


dewey

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doc i think the pulsar dizzy works slighly different to the points type i think they call it a pulse type i'm not 100% sure but there was something wierd with it
makka

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Yeah Makka it's electronic, not points- but it works OK with Clubbie Smiths tachos, my Fiat one, and various others I've put these dizzys into.
Maybe I've just got a dud Smiths tacho or a bad connection...

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Dr I'v got one also if you want to try it
I'll have a play with Morris and see if it works

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