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Subject:Re: Tachometer needle swings all the way past the redline
From:Dave Mari
Date:Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:46:24 -0800

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top">I have had this happen when there is an intermittent open in the charger/battery feed cables.<br/><br/><br/>Cheers,<br/>Dave<a href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com?.src=iOS"><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad</a></td></tr></table>            <div id="_origMsg_">
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                                        <td valign="top">At 02:56 AM 1/16/2015, raymond markett wrote:<BR>&gt;&nbsp; Hello Vanagonistas,<BR>&gt;The tach needle on my 1985 Westy often swings all the way past<BR>&gt;redline, even when the engine is just idling. Any ideas on what to<BR>&gt;check? Does anyone have a schematic of the tachometer?<BR>&gt;Thanks,<BR>&gt;Raymond<BR><BR>Mark Drillock probably knows about the tach.&nbsp; I believe I have a<BR>schematic that's at least mostly correct, gleaned from the<BR>Subaruvanagon folks.&nbsp; I'll p-mail it to you.<BR><BR>Yours,<BR>David<BR></td>
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