Fitting a Rev Counter - Easy to do?

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Fitting a Rev Counter - Easy to do?

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Seeing as my Syncro never came with a rev counter :x And as the engine is so quiet, I keep thinking its stalled apart from the obvious red light if I do stall, even the wife keeps saying "Is the engine running?" :lol:

So this got me thinking, and looking into getting the OE Revcounter clocks, but oh boy are they expensive second hand.!

Looks like I will try an after market type jobby.

Any recommendations?

How easy are rev counters to fit? What would I connect it to?

Thanks in advance.
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Non-mechanical rev counters normally take an electrical signal off the ignition coil circuit.
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Cheers, that sounds easy enough, then just the backlight feed then I guess too. :ok
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I've been looking out for a diesel rev counter for a while, going rate seems to be £70 odd quid. I'll still get one though :roll:
You might already know this, but if you have a diesel (can't remember what you have) you have to make sure your alternator has the W terminal on the back. That's what I got told anyway
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Cheers Lloydy, I have a petrol, so a bit easier :ok
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