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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 12:38 PM
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The stock tach drops out over 4k but works fine otherwise. Suspect the resistor but not sure because it still works at lower rpm. Is there a test other than swapping in another one?
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 07:52 PM
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looks like you may need a new tach board...I have seen this a few times... & it was the tach board itself.
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Have you tried plugging the tach directly into the dist.(bypassing the capacitor)?
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 08:13 AM
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No, I didn't try that, I was afraid of making things worse. But if it is already dead I guess I'm past that so I'll jump it out tonight and see if there is a difference. After all clip ons don't have any resistor circuit.
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