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03-18-2020, 08:36 PM | #1 |
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67-72 Tac...
First off I want to start out by saying this is not a thread for bashing. It's just a observation I have made today regarding 67-72 chevy truck tac's.
I took mine to a local place today to have them check it out. It has worked in the past but as of about 3 weeks ago it hasn't done a thing. So they carry in back and test it. I have know idea what they did, they come back and tell me it needs a new board for $350.00 to fix it! They said it would be better than a new one. http://dandmrestoration.com/printing/ So I get on line and start looking and I can buy brand new ones for $90.00 + shipping less than $120.00 total. What am I missing here other than I will have original Tac if fixed verses a new one. LMC is $89.00 + shipping E bay $89.00 and up + shipping Brothers was $89.00 but shipping was cheaper.
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03-18-2020, 09:45 PM | #2 |
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$350 parts & labor or parts only?
OE parts or aftermarket? those variables make a big $$$ difference..
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03-20-2020, 07:15 AM | #3 |
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That was for everything out the door fixed.
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03-18-2020, 09:49 PM | #4 |
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Hey Andy, I bought one of these. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tachometer-...UAAOSwFVNco2l7 I haven't finished installing yet it but it looks good...... 60 bucks and free shipping. LockDoc
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03-19-2020, 09:34 AM | #5 | |
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I'll be ordering one of these also to fix my old one I guess and have a back up. Just ordered it thanks Doc, I'll have a back up now and may try piecing together a speed warning cluster. Now if I could find the speed warning stuff to do a whole dash. I'd have a nice period correct cluster for the Ramp truck.
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03-20-2020, 08:23 AM | #6 | |
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03-20-2020, 08:25 AM | #7 |
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Comparing the 2 boards. The wires and such.
They may be the same size after looking at it closer.
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03-20-2020, 12:56 PM | #8 |
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Well I found everything to mount the studs with now to figure out how to make a tin to work with it.
The red washers are off the original tach. The others all came from ACE hardware. Anybody know of a round tin out of a model of vehicle that I could use?
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03-20-2020, 09:04 PM | #9 | |
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Andy, I have a really small soldering iron and a solder sucker from repairing the later model (2000 - 2006) instrument clusters so I just de-soldered the wires and soldered the new ones on. I think the wires may be the same size but with less insulation on them so they look smaller. LockDoc
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03-20-2020, 10:11 PM | #10 | |
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03-21-2020, 06:18 PM | #11 |
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I made a request on our facebook truck club page late last night asking if anyone had a Speed Warning speedometer with tach dash they wanted to sell are do some trading on for mine. I then went to bed.
I got up this morning early to get started on my son house installing the water lines and cabinets, fridge, dish washer and stove. So I'm doing my morning computer stuff and a old friend messaged me and said to call him. So I did. He has given me a 3 hole factory 68 truck cluster with speed warning in it. He took it out of his son truck when they did the LS swap a few years ago. He said it worked then but not sure now but for free I can make it work I'm sure. He said it turns free. I will make a trip up to see him & my dad Monday and report back.
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03-22-2020, 12:57 AM | #12 | |
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The white wire is a ground wire and there is actually a really small wire terminal end on it with a screw that holds it to the tach body from underneath. I just cut the White wire off at the end of the terminal, removed the small piece of heat shrink tubing from the terminal and soldered the new wire to the terminal stub. You may want to just leave an inch or so of the original White wire and solder them together. Just be sure and use heat shrink tubing over the solder joint. Like I mentioned in the thread above I have a special soldering iron with a very small tip but it still gets hot enough to solder the heavier joints. The reason the terminal stub is hard to solder is because it is so close the the heavy metal tach housing. If a guy felt comfortable doing it you could remove the needle and the two screws that hold the face plate on. Then remove the screw that holds the White wire terminal to the housing and then solder the small terminal to the new white wire and put it all back together. I was a little worried about getting the needle back on the shaft correctly so I didn't do it that way.. I hope you can follow all of that. LockDoc
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03-18-2020, 09:58 PM | #13 |
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D&M did my complete dash for the IH...they did a great job with everything I asked...but they ain't cheap...but came highly recommended....no aftermarket support for IH so I didnt have much choice if I wanted to keep a stock look...
But I'm very happy with how it turned out...
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They are 30 minutes away so it's nice to have them near by but...
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03-27-2020, 08:50 PM | #15 |
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Both Tachometers are working. I hooked them up temporarily to the ramp truck to see if they would work. Scared me the first time. Neither one worked. I then looked and the 12 volt wire was not hooked up to the fuse panel!!!
They both work now. But they both read differently. So tomorrow if I have time I will see about adjusting them if I can. The guy I ordered the board from said it was adjusted to a v-8 already though. It looked to be right around 4-5 1000 in neutral. The brothers was more like 6-7 1000.
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I think I would tend to lean towards the new one being correct Andy. I know they test them before shipping. I wouldn't be in a hurry to do any adjusting on it LockDoc
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The brothers tach is a nice smooth reaction to it doesn't jump all over the place.
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Without knowing what your engine is actually idling at it will be a crap shoot adjusting either one. Do you have a dwell meter with a tach in it? LockDoc
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Yes that what I was planning to use but not sure it will work with the HEI.
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