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Old 11-30-2008, 10:08 AM
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Tachometer randomly stops working. Quick tap on cluster glass springs it back to life. Common?
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Old 11-30-2008, 10:38 AM
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Default Bad solders are pretty common on the cluster but I didn't think they were in the Tach
circuitry
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Old 11-30-2008, 12:12 PM
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Default Mine reads high and then goes back down to normal randomly. Clutch is fine.
It will read 500-700rpm higher than normal and than after a couple minutes it will go back down to normal indications. I think it just needs some soldering back there or one or more of the pin contacts that connect the tach to the circuit board are loose.
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Old 11-30-2008, 01:11 PM
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Default my tach sometimes works and others not, auto check says "OK" every
15seconds when headlights are on and beeps too, but usually stops when tach stops working.
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Default mine is dead on my 88' as of a few weeks ago
most likely the gear going into the tranny broke a tooth or something
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Default See, mine has to be an issue in the cluster, as tapping the cluster springs in back immediately...
it's as if someone flips an off switch.
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solder on the board fatigued
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