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Subject:Re: Adding Just a Tach?
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 19 Dec 2001 10:52:41 -0500

At 10:20 AM 12/19/2001, Christopher Berchin wrote:
>Hi folks.  I know the tach thing has been done a lot, but most of those
>are for putting the whole cluster in.  Are there any surprises if I just
>bought the tach itself and installed it in place of my clock on my own
>cluster (1984 GL)?  Thanks.

Be a lot easier to just mount an external Sun or whatever on top.  I
think.  Then you'll still have that nice clock, too.  Otherwise you'll need
to completely wire the temp gauge, fuel gauge, tach from scratch since the
circuit foils won't fit.  Possible but maybe non-trivial.

Tach itself (external or otherwise) only needs +12, ground, wire from ign.
coil, +lead for lighting.

david

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"