ididieseler
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will any old afrtermarket tach read accurately or do i need a diesel specific one?
will any old afrtermarket tach read accurately or do i need a diesel specific one?
We have a 6.9 installed in a 79 F-150, and have been looking for a solution, too. Since we don't have the option of installing a factory tach cluster (there weren't any in this era of truck) we have been looking at a "tinytach" (http://tinytach.com/diesel.php).
It is a digital tach, but is driven by an included 'transducer" that clamps onto an injector line. Has anyone used one of these before?
We have a 6.9 installed in a 79 F-150, and have been looking for a solution, too. Since we don't have the option of installing a factory tach cluster (there weren't any in this era of truck) we have been looking at a "tinytach" (http://tinytach.com/diesel.php).
It is a digital tach, but is driven by an included 'transducer" that clamps onto an injector line. Has anyone used one of these before?
That tach has a very slow refresh rate, its intended for more of a fixed rpm application. I wired an Autometer diesel tach directly to the stator plug on my 3g alt and it works perfectly once you calibrate it.
They say in their "new features" section that the old one refreshed every 2 1/2 seconds and the new ones refresh every half second. Maybe they are better now? How difficult is it to calibrate the alternator tach?