Attempting to Fix Factory Tach & Gauges
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In case you’re wondering why we’re going on about the tach filter ,they are known to go bad and the tach will read incorrectly.They are discontinued from GM,but I bypassed mine years ago and the tach worked fine for several years after that.
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It would be really cool if someone could measure a working one, so you could replace the faulty part; it's either an inductive coil or a capacitor. I can't tell from the pics.
I have never used the filter and the tachs worked fine. The Pontiac tachs have a jumper on the back where you can change from 4-6-8 cylinders. I can't remember if the Chevy ones do the same.
THe Chevys are either 6 or 8 if I'm remembering, should dig out the parts bible to double check.
Yes you can tell the difference by the "redline" on the RPMS
I'm going to be honest and say that I do not know what a CDI box is...
Yes! This is on the firewall behind the distributor or close to it. The wire looks like it was spliced into like three times. I don't understand why that would happen or how... But from what I read, they are hard to come by. What do I do about replacing it with something that will work? Thank you!
Guy,
I understand the concept of bypassing something... but what I see is one wire going to a capacitor on the firewall... which is what I am assuming everyone is calling the filter. How would I go about bypassing something with one wire going to it? Just unplug it or am I missing something here in the mix. I can post pictures tomorrow if it helps what I am working with.
All I did was cut the wires at both ends of the filter,or capacitor,and connect them together.
The filters are pretty much junk when they start to fail,and no one has them.
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