Outer Limits 4x4 Board

howdy guys,

i was thinking of installing an after market tacho on my beast soon but i have no idea what it takes to wire one up.. eg. which wire goes where and so on.
i have an 85 drover, 1.3l
any help would be appreciated.

cheers guys

Does it have a tacho?
If so why would you want an 'aftermarket' one???

hi mate it is an 85 drover which only has the speedo and general fuel and temp gauges. i want a tacho for when i am off road and ringing the tits off it etc..

pretty sure droves and non jx sierras didnt come with tachos, so not the point, offer him some advice on how to wire it up.

you would have to get your signal off the coil +ve. have a play around and see if you can get it to work.

ok 3 basic wires to hook up a tack.
one go'e to coil neg (gree)
one to bat ign (red)
one to earth (black)
and maby one for light (white) just hook in to ign..
easy as that my friend
get a good one!
i have a speco tach in mah zook she lvoes it!
get a good one
coz cheep ones lick the bag
dont read right! might as well guess!
Philby

go to a wrecker and buy an instrument cluster with the tacho on it - they come from any JX model 1.3L...

Once you have that, rip out the current cluster, install the new one and it will look much nicer than any aftermarket tacho...

once you have that job complete, all you have to do is pop the bonnet, and look at the coil - there will be a male and female plug connector that is not plugged in... plug it in and welcome to the world of tacho-happiness.

cheers.

p.s. if i can complete the above operation - anyone can.

cheers guys loved the ideas.

greg - good idea mate. didnt even think of that.. what did yours set you back?

red_zook - what did your tacho cost ya? you didnt opt for a massive shift light did ya? cmon you can tell me hehe.

smiley_smoke wrote: greg - good idea mate. didnt even think of that.. what did yours set you back ?

greg don't have regular access, so ya answer may take a while.
probably best to ring around a few wreckers.

christover

smiley_smoke wrote: greg - good idea mate. didnt even think of that.. what did yours set you back?

I paid $140 back in 2001 for one from a gorilla... but you just need to find someone that is wrecking a zook and your in business.

Auto one has ones for 30-100 bux. i used to have a 2" one. was enough not being overkill.

Nic

i payed like $170 but mine is a 4inch speco with out teh huge Grimace shift light...

shite easy to install and i recon it looks kewl but i have shit lodes of gauges

Philby

There's no good place to put an aftermarket tach where it's easy to see at a glance. I bought a replacement cluster with tach on eBay. Easy plug in installation. Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby...
These are currently available:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/suzuki-s ... enameZWDVW
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/86-88-Su ... enameZWDVW
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1987-SUZ ... enameZWDVW

nice thanks for the links vagabond

it looks like the dude i bought the drover off may have had a tacho on it previously.. there are a few holes in the dash (looks like he just tec screwed everything to the dash) one hole is on the drivers side on top of the dash, above the air vent. i was thinking of mounting one there...
in dash would be gold it would look a lot neater for sure.

thanks again for all the replies fellas.

Did you find a tacho style dash, if you still looking i know of one in a wrecked car over here in NSW if ya interested could pass on ya number to them or something. PM me if ya want. As for install, easy as piss as already said. Negative at coil, battery +, and earth for the tacho, and a headlight or ign supply and earth for the internal tacho light.
layto....

ok bought a tacho and mounted to my dash.. ran wiring down behind the dash and wired it all up. then went to rev and the needle doesnt move! it moves a slight amount then back to 0 when i turn the ignition on.. thats all.. any ideas? :(

didnt realise my bro was logged on..

smileysmoke

yes so on my pc now... sorry bro

i have it earthed and connected to battery, switched 12v and to coil.
i wasnt sure if there is something basic that i should try. i have put a inline fuse in front of the power coming from battery and the fuse is fine.
its a autometer 60 buck job from Autopro. no shift light. its 2" one.

i have rewired my tacho .. replaced allt he wires and soldered them in. done a really good job. it lights up and everything.. just the darn needle doesnt move.. any ideas? i think it may be farked..
could the inline fuse limit it at all? i am not the best at electrics .

cheers guys