Tachometer for RTV 500

[Tkblacktail]

Does anyone else have an aftermarket 3 3/8" tach installed in their RTV speedometer "spot" in the dash?

I'm thinking about buying one; kind of like the one in the link below. Why would I install a tach on my RTV? I am retired and don't have a jeep to install a tach into.....


OEM Tachometer. Private Label Tachometer. Custom Tachometer.

 

[DIXIEDOG]

Where are you going to tap into a clean tach output signal? Can this tach use an inductive pickup on a plug wire for the signal?

 

[Tkblacktail]

Yes, It says it can. I just bought one and it is enroute so I can't be certain until I getter on, but the product info claims that it has an inductive lead and it is a vairable tach for 1 to 12 cylinder engines.

I hit over 20 sites and I found one in my price-range; which is in the "nice to have catagory". We shall see.

 

[DIXIEDOG]

Looks like you will need to get an adapter to get signal.... hopefully I'm just missing something I've done that before:laughing:

Let us know how it goes, that's a mod I wouldn't mind doing myself just to have it.

 

[Tkblacktail]

Well I got the tachometer in and it works fine, I dono how perfectly accurate it is but it works and matches what I think the spec RPMs are.

I'm still tweaking all the wiring ties. I didn't use the instrument company that I linked in my first post and I don't feel like naming the make/model at large but I would PM or email it to anyone that is interested.

Basically: I used a 3-3/8" in-dash 12volt, neg-ground tach that stated it would read 1-12 cylinders and had the inductive-read option.

I used the speedometer hole in the dash and the speedometer power and ground leads under the hood and the inductive clamp option onto one of the sparkplug wires. I also used the orange lead to illuminate the tach when the headlamps are on. I taped off the purple wire.

I had to splice the inductive-shielded cable provided as the one that came with the product was too short and I wanted to run the cables through the conduit raceway in the floor, as I did with the CB antenna and rear work light.

Done deal for less than $75.00 including S&H.