[ROVERNET - UK] tach

[Slatskars]

There is a bit of a tach drawing in the Moss MGB catalog showing how to 
convert one from positive ground to negative ground. Might help and they are 
free!

Slats
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Trafton" <v8rover at earthlink.net>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] tach


> Larry
>
> One thing that you should do, given that there is now an electronic 
> ignition
> in place, is to take a couple extra wraps of wire around the pole in the
> back of the tach.  The current draw in the wire from the distributor to 
> the
> back of the tach will have been reduced with the electronic ignition and 
> may
> not be enough to fire the tach.
>
> I check both the factory manual and the supplement for the US Federal spec
> cars and there is no tach shown on the wiring diagrams even though there 
> are
> instructions on how to remove/refit the clock/tach module.  Curious, huh?
>
> Tom
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry" <lewill at ctcweb.net>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 5:22 AM
> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] tach
>
>
>> Ron,
>>     The car was converted to a TC before I got it. The tach did work when
> I
>> bought it and continued to do so until two weeks ago when I began looking
>> for the battery drain. I find no diagram for the wiring of a tach in the
>> repair manual that I have. I did install an electronic ignition about 
>> four
>> months ago and the tach worked well after installation. I will keep on
>> working and will install another tach to see if it is the tach itself or
> the
>> wiring. Thanks for your help. Larry
>>
>>
>>
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