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Hi all..

One thing I really miss on 'the bridge' is a Tacho. Thinking of retro fitting but not quite sure what might be a suitable unit. All advice gratefully recieved on these two from the bay of fleeze pleeze

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RPM-Gauge-Rev-Cou ... 5638152efa" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUTOGAUGE-52mm-CA ... 5637efc520" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Probs mounted in a pod next to the clocks.

Cheers

Dave V

yuck!
why not have something that resembles the clocks you already have?



ok so my faces are white there but they were black like the tacho
simple to fit and inexpensive

got them here..clickety click

I prefer analogue for older motors but the LED type looks nice too and no mechanical movement to fail or stick. Cheap too, so the old adage 'you get what you pay for' comes to mind. Pity they are only available at 8000 rpm and I assume that they have a selector for 6 or 4 cylinder motors (might be worth emailing the seller to confirm.

Thanks for the linkage. I do prefer that TIM tacho actually. And other point taken about value/price, 'buy cheap buy twice' as another old saying goes, though the price of some of those tachos on the DemonTweeks site are at the other end of the scale !

Kev.. is your guage pod also from DemonTweeks ? It has a nice compact foot compared to some.

ok so my faces are white there but they were black..

hoist by ones own pitard

There was also a good 'show us your guages' post on here a while back, but I cant find it now. That picture looks familiar.

Cheers

DaveV

i allways use TIM gauges they are easy to fit and never(touch wood) go wrong , for the money they are cracking ....

Bingo. Just bought a new TIM tacho (like the KevRev one above). £22.

Cheers all

great!
you OK with the cabling?

kevtherev wrote:you OK with the cabling?

Yes ta. I did all my homework but the van is at the farm now having some other work done, so I'm getting tacho fitted while it's there.

Now trying to resist the temptation to fit a digital voltmeter.

Cheers !

DaveV

bunnynogood, where did you source your tim from for £22? Ive clickety clicked kevs link to demon tweeks and item is £50

The love of my life
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Thanks

JCL wrote:..where did you source your tim from for £22?

A lucky hit from the Bay of Fleeze.

Hi Kevtherev..
I'm going to be attempting to fit my tacho soon, could I take you up on the offer of the cabling advice?
I have a 1989 transporter 1.9DG, I believe there are two options, one to wire via the fusebox or two via the multipin connector under the dashpod
thanks

yes muti pin connector is good.
I, however, chose to connect it to the coil (blue wire) and run it up to the dash via all the other cables that run along that route.

no other reason than I didn't know about the pin when I fitted it

that looks great kevtherev do they do a bigger one? i fancy a hoofing great one in the middle of the dash

thanks
no I think that's it... 80mm