Re: [Amc-list] most expensive piece of crap led on the planet

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

The tach is probably broken, the needle will detach from the workings inside.
Those still work and will occasionally tickle the needle, making it wiggle as you
see. AMHIK

Ken
Quoting Kelly Hardie <keleigh3000@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Hmmm, I wonder if that explains the strange behavior of the tach in my 
> Eagle. Ever since I installed the 4.0 and Renix, it's behaved strangely, 
> especially at low speeds. A few weeks ago, the tach died altogether, 
> freezing at 3000rpm. The fuel gauge was acting strangely as well, 
> jumping around like Earls friend Catalina, so I swapped in a spare 
> cluster I got a while back at the u pick em. The gas needle stabilized, 
> but the tach is dead in that one too. Usually hangs straight down, 
> occasionally wiggling in response to rpm changes. Seems I gotta pore 
> over the diagrams and see if I can remember how I wired it...
> 
> Keleigh
> 
> Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I wired everything up plugged in the cluster and checked things out, the
> D$#!ED blue led lit 4 times then stopped lighting!!! I surrender! I have a
> spare red one. Red it is!!!
> > The second problem is I have to root thru my harness and find the negative
> coil wire as the ecu feed for the factory tach is only 5 volt feed and causes
> flutter at low rpms on the Autometer tach. I was warned this may occur, but
> it still sucks. 
> > Gas gauge works! Voltmeter works! led dash lights work! Still need to swap
> in the oil and temp senders. VSS is in place, but I didn't drive it yet.
> Speedo did it's self check OK.
> >   I had to give up for one day, my back and shoulder still will only take
> so much!
> > Let this be a warning to efi swap guys! Don't use the tach feed from the
> 91-95 ecu to drive a Sport Comp tach! If you do you will  get needle flutter
> below 2000 rpm. You need to use the coils neg terminal feed.....
> >   Are we having fun yet???......
> > Actually it's not too bad. My Ultrcet will kick in in another half hour or
> so and I'm getting there!
> > With any luck tomorrow will get me either there or so close it won't
> matter!
> >
> > --
> > Mark Price
> > Morgantown, WV
> > 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
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