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Re: [oletrucks] (NON-TRUCK QUESTION)

To: CDEMPSEY@velocityexp.com
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] (NON-TRUCK QUESTION)
From: zman <zman@gibbon.kungfumonkey.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:14:48 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 CDEMPSEY@velocityexp.com wrote:
> Hello all,
> I am having trouble with a new tach that I am trying to istall.  I got the
> lights to work, have good ground, and good power source, and I am tapped
> into the distributor.  The tach is working, only it is reading in have.  In
> other words when the engine is ar 6,000 RPM the tach is reading about 3,000,
> and at 4,000 RPMS, it's at about 2,000.  and so on...
> Does anyone know what it is that I did wrong?

Sounds like it's set up for a 4 cylinder, a lot of tachs have a switch for 
4-6-8 cylinders. Look for one of those.

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