External tachometer suggestion

[red66toy]

Nice tachs some of you are sporting. Not trying to throw shade on anybody, but OP didn't say if he was running the original strait 6 or has a swap. How 'bout the rest of you? If you've got an engine swap, I get it.

Toyota's later factory tach is admittedly superfluous with its small face and heady 4K redline. I put a RAC tach from Pep Boys on my first car, a 1962 Chevy II, with its tiny 6 banger. The tach didn't make it go any faster, but to a testosterone leaden 16 year old it was fun to watch the needle go up and down. At mine and Miss Scarlets age anything approaching redline is a recipe for disaster. Have a nice day fellers and keep those tachs going up and down.

I have the original engine in my 65 FJ40. I don't want to push the engine too hard so having a tach is a good peace of mind. On the freeway it all sounds like its going to explode no matter the speed and the speedometer gauge is not super accurate. The tach becomes the most reliable gauge of how fast/hard you are pushing the old tractor.

 

[WildernessRimFab]

Another Autometer vote, I have been running the 6K tach mounted on the steering column.

2-5/8" PEDESTAL TACHOMETER, 0-6,000 RPM, Z-SERIES

2891 Gauge, Tachometer, 2-5/8", 6k RPM, Pedestal, Z-Series

www.autometer.com

Not the best photo but you get the idea, clocked at about 2pm on the column.

Google Photos - https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMnesP4DXC9o_JgveW-i1-ZkIsSrgZuIWMIFBFR
Google Photos - https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMnesP4DXC9o_JgveW-i1-ZkIsSrgZuIWMIFBFR

 

[cruiserkev]

I have run this old school Sun supertach since '98. Found it in a box of free car parts and attached it with a hose clamp. Works great!

 

[1911]

Not trying to throw shade on anybody, but OP didn't say if he was running the original strait 6 or has a swap. How 'bout the rest of you?

Running mine (post #8, above) on my original 2F.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

@BreckenridgeCruiser has a late model top shelf solution that’s based on OEM facts and History

I hope he finds this thread

OEM Style Tachometer Housing and Kits for 40 Series - Now Selling!

Hey Mudders! I recently purchased the inventory from @Mopdog to continue to make his awesome R&D and final product available to the community. I will be updating this thread with more information so this becomes the central place for information on these from today forward. As Mopdog stated...

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[red66toy]

@BreckenridgeCruiser has a late model top shelf solution that’s based on OEM facts and History

I hope he finds this thread

OEM Style Tachometer Housing and Kits for 40 Series - Now Selling!

Hey Mudders! I recently purchased the inventory from @Mopdog to continue to make his awesome R&D and final product available to the community. I will be updating this thread with more information so this becomes the central place for information on these from today forward. As Mopdog stated...

forum.ih8mud.com

Nice reproduction of that bezel!

 

[FJ907Warrior]

Used the universal cylinder 4,6,8 equus 6086 and a painted hose clamp on my '72. Had to tweek/bend the mounting bracket to get it flush but overall was a simple mounting setup and good positioning for me.

Was about $55 bucks at the local O'Reillys, probably cheaper offline.