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Well in my wisdom I decided to get a rev counter for the van...

Always like a rev counter and at £20 I thought why not. Didnt buy a geniune one (silly money) or a vdo one (still pricey)... hindsight maybe I should have.

Bought it off ebay. Bloody hell never knew 5 inches was that big.

Now where the hell do I put it. It's MASSIVE.

Any ideas or send it back.



Its quite difficult to give it context and scale,

wait a mo, heres another shot

And you won't rev beyond 5k.

Hope thats a 1 pint carton??

But least when I do hit 5k I will have a red light to warn me... thats bigger then a pint carton and even the dogs scared of it!!

You could halve the size by cutting the right hand half off. You won't be needing the right side.

That's a racers tacho. Positioned smack in front of you in the windscreen, along with the revs warning and oil pressure lights! At least that's what I used to have.

colinthefox wrote:You could halve the size by cutting the right hand half off. You won't be needing the right side.

That's a racers tacho. Positioned smack in front of you in the windscreen, along with the revs warning and oil pressure lights! At least that's what I used to have.

Its going quite well at the mo, but not that good.

Never actually knew what rpm a 1.9 would be doing at 70 in 4th??

Will send it back.

How about this one.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-75-Tacho-Ga ... 1851195477" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

3.75 too big??

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1pcs-2-52mm-B ... Sw44BYSnSH" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This is what I've got. Works fine.

I think a few members have fitted these ^^^ seems like a popular choice.

Agree with above, i bought one of those, works a treat and i even got a £7.50 refund for some scratches on the black body of it
The next small project is mounting the CHT display underneath it.

thanks chaps. Have ordered it.

Will send the other back unless anyone wants it (not for free)

I quite like the bigger ones - I have an 80mm in mine, centred with the wiring going through the speaker holes:



There's these on eBay and think the look would go well in the van:

Hi gang,

Got the rev counter today

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1pcs-2-52mm-B ... Sw44BYSnSH" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Now then... No instructions at all.

5 wires

2 short red and black
3 long red black and green.

Right then Green goes to coil
what about the other 4??

Any ideas

Short red lights
Long red ign
Green coil
Both blacks gnd

nicq wrote:Short red lights
Long red ign
Green coil
Both blacks gnd

Amazing thanks

Managed to fit counter all good.

Quick question, could I put a 470 regulator on light, its a pretty bright blue in the cab, or would that just not work