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Subject:Re: Bouncy...bouncy...bouncy...tach needle that is, help?
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Mon, 24 Jun 2002 09:14:47 -0500

Bad Ground.
Bad electric source connection.
Bad pulse at the coil.
Tach near death.

Stan Wilder

On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 06:04:12 -0700 j <lemore@YAHOO.COM> writes:
> Hi,
>    My '87 Westy has a bouncy tach needle and I'm
> looking for ideas of what to check or what it might be
> please.  I've followed and checked as many wires and
> connections as I can and things look fine to me.  But
> maybe I'm missing something or just seeing what I
> wanna see ya know :)
>    It doesn't do it all the time.  It bounces when I
> go over bumps or jar the van in some way.  It doesn't
> drop to zero and there is no stutter or hesitation in
> the motor.  It just drops like <= 1K down and then
> pops back up.  Any ideas of where or what I can check?
>  Thanks,
> j
>
>
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