5000 tach question...

[Richard J. Andrews]

distributor hall sensor is what feeds it if i recall correctly.
most likely a weak solder connection or one of the pins that feed the tach
on the pc board in the cluster.

HTH!

-rich
At 06:03 PM 5/7/02, you wrote:
>well.. ONE tach IN a 5000.
>
>anyone know what lives at the other end of the tachometer? mine's bee screwy
>lately and id like to know where to look before i dig into it. the problem
>is intermittent, the tach usually registers 1-2000 rpm low, and then will
>"jump" up to the right rpm, then fall back down to the wrong rpm. its really
>annoying.
>
>it strikes me as probably an electrical connection [i seem to remember
>reading the tach was fed off a flywheel sensor??], but before i resolder all
>the points on the gauge cluster, id like to inspect whatever sends info to
>the gauge.
>
>tia,
>jim
>
>same old me, new email address...
>
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