Check out this website. They will convert your mechanical tach to
electric, allowing you to keep the OE look. There are other companies
out there that do this also, but this was the first website I stumbled
upon.
http://www.gaugeguys.com/repairtach.htm
Tim Holbrook
1971 TR6
--- "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:01:35 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Electronic Tach
>
> Hi,
>
> Seeing that I scrapped the stock Lucas distributor on my TR6's in
> favor of
> Mallory dual point units, I have a minor problem. There's no tach
> drive on
> the Mallory dizzy. I know I can strap a cheapo tach to the steering
> column, I've done that on the race car. But I'd like to keep the
> stock
> look on the street car - so I'm looking for suggestions on converting
> the
> stock housing/face to an electronic tach of some type.
>
> I know I can buy a 5" face tach from VDO or AutoMeter or whatever,
> I'm
> looking for other alternatives. For example, does Nissonger do this
> conversion.
>
> Failing that, has anyone on the list ever converted the front cover
> of the
> engine for a Jones cam-driven tach drive? I'm looking for actual
> experience in this area.
>
> Thanks.
> rml
>
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