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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 09:57 PM
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tac waky

my tac started to act funny tonight at an idle it drops to zero but when i step on the throttle it comes back but when it drops the od lite starts to flash then stops when it revs up could this be the tac sensor or something more serious
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Old Nov 16, 2004 | 08:51 AM
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Loose wires somewere.
 
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Old Nov 16, 2004 | 09:05 AM
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Look for frayed wires where they go into the tach sender,it is located in front of the ip,in the housing over the timing gears.It could be also caused by the vss sens in the rear axle housing,you can remove that from the housing and clean the end of it.
 
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Old Nov 16, 2004 | 09:55 AM
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i had a prob with the sensor in the rear dif last summer and it was a bad wire i will be looking on the tac sensor now thanks
 
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