shakey tac
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Burning Brakes
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shakey tac
I have a 1979 L48. When I am cruising down the road the tach sometimes start jumping all over the place from 2500rpm up to 4000+rpms. Not sure why. It is mainly when I am stepping on the gas. I checked the wire going from the dist to the tac and it seems fine. Not sure what it could be. I took the top cover of the dist off and it looks like a big coil there. that is what the tac is connected to. The wires and plugs are new. Any ideas? Thanks.
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From: cary nc
i have a 79 L 48 and i had a jumpy tach for years. i tried a new tach circuit board and that didnt work, actually made it worse. i wired up a temporary 2nd tach i had laying around and it would jump also. i played around with different coils and modules seeing if that would help, but no luck. a guy at work tried to tell me that something wasnt right with the distributor. finally, i broke down and purchased a new pertronix flame thrower hei distributor and the tach needle was rock steady. i guess something electrical had broken down inside the distributor after 30 years. good luck.
