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Old Jun 20, 2003 | 01:16 PM
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Tach Troubles

Just put a used tach on my 86 f 250. Hooked it up to the neg. side of the coil, and to the ignition fuse. But the problem is when you rev the engine it jumps right up to 8000 and i know my engine don't rev that high. Is there a way to calibrate the tach, or an adjustment i can make. The tach is pretty small, maybe 2-3in diameter, it is also pretty old.
 
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Old Jun 20, 2003 | 01:49 PM
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Is there a 4-6-8 switch on the back of the tach? Most aftermarket tachs have this to calibrate it to the number of cylinders your engine has.
 
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Old Jun 20, 2003 | 03:52 PM
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It did have one. It works perfect now. Thanks for your help.
 
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Old Jun 23, 2003 | 11:32 AM
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