Whacko Tacho

[CycloSteve]

Is there a harness that could be bumped by the shifter assembly ie: if there were a short in a harness that somehow sent a ? power spike to a component in the tach?? Sounds impossible but in the video everytime you shifted into Reverse the tach dropped out, curious what could connect those two things??

I pulled the whole console and looked for anything out of place around the gear shifter and indicator assembly, and nothing was frayed, or remotely odd. Same goes for the loom to the cluster itself. Cluster flex board was also triple-checked for any broken traces, shorts, and nada. The cluster does share a common ground for many of the different parts, and that is one area which I thought could be a path for a problem.

So far the new tach shows no signs whatsoever of the odd behavior. Time will certainly tell.



Steve

 

[CycloSteve]

My new combination meter "glass" arrived today. Simply the best $28 upgrade possible for the gauges. My old one was not that bad, but this is just simply crystal-clear.

Steve

 

[Kernal]

Looks good; did you clean the faces of the dials?

 

[CycloSteve]

Looks good; did you clean the faces of the dials?

Not really. There were a few little marks on the tach where my hands touched it when pulling the needle. I cleaned those with Isopropyl Alcohol and a Q-Tip. As a note to others, cut a piece of paper to put under the needle so that you do not touch the flat-black surface. No matter how clean your hands are, there are oils which will transfer. Otherwise they were in perfect shape.



Steve

 

[Kernal]

Good tip.

 

[COYS]

Just noticed mine getting whacko today. I've read a cruiserdan posting that the only real fix is to replace the tachometer. Do they even sell these tachos new anymore?

 

[customcruiser]

Swap the tach from another cluster. I did this and all is well. Search my name and you will find some instructions on how to swap