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Old 04-Jun-2004, 09:25 PM
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tach's doing weird ****

installed my autometer tach today into the new car, works fine till i hit 5k's rpms and higher then it just all of a sudden jukps to its limit of 8k's..this is on a gsr motor btw, any ideas whats wriong?.....im thinking my grounds no good. i just grounded it to the stereo ground.
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Old 04-Jun-2004, 10:44 PM
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i was just gonna say check ur grounds as well, did u purchace this tach brand new or used?
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a little off topic but....u have a gsr motor now??
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yep coreyhayman now owns a CRX hehe?? is this true??
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Old 05-Jun-2004, 06:27 AM
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Ground it to the chassis somewhere, that shud do it.
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so do auto gauge tachs... do you have the right number of cylinders selected on the tach
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ya, it came out of my other car where it was working fine (dohc zc)....but ya wires were cut for the 4cyl application..im pretty sure its just my ****ty ground.
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