ideas on value mionded fix to inoperative 755 tach

[Fred Sanford]

Having the tach work is not essential and frankly once I ensure it's rpms are correct I probably will never look at it again. I don't care about the hour meter not working because I bought it with no idea what hours are already on it so knowing how many I've added is pointless. I do my maintenance based on the calendar vs hours so that's not important either. It's not worth buying a new one for $130. I see a place that sells used ones for $50--worth considering. Any aftermarket ones that would work? Are they rebuild-able? As noted the hour meter doesn't work. The tach needle just spins constantly.

 

[jenkinsph]

I prefer to have a working tach but agree it isn't essential. I would probably put a new one and be done with it in my world. The biggest issue you might face is at resale without an original working tach and no idea of hours. I would not spend money on a used one or bother with repairing the old one either.

 

[Fred Sanford]

I agree a lot of people want to know hours. Not all tractors even had hour meters but most importantly hours indicate how long a machine was operated they say nothing about how hard it was used/abused during that time. The older a piece of equipment is the less it matters as the more time conditions of operation have had time to make an impact on the machine. We're all head about that 60's muscle car with 12,000 original miles being sold at an elderly ladies estate sale. Problem is nobody knows that her grandson put the last 2,000 of those miles on that car--1/4 mile at a time.