rev counter

a little buy off ebay last week has landed so its time too crack a beer and fit it ! not sure to sure the best place on the dash to mount it tho, best place so far seams to be a side mount to the left of the speedo housing .

OooOooh, like that  .

How much and have you a link please.

Is yours a 1300? I still need to wire mine in.

Hi oldie and HJ . I'm just fitting it in as we speak. Ill put a link up for you oldie to eBay it was 11.50 delivered.

HJ yes mine is a 1300 16v

Be interested to know where you wire it in to pick up the tacho signal

Under the dash HJ ,it's a 4pin white plug and its the yellow and black wire is the pulse signal .
Mines an early type that dose not have the diagnostic port.

OOOOH Like that , will keep it i mind for a later add .

Cheers all

Eddie

ok right here is the like to ebang for oldie
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/52mm-2-Rev-Counter-Tacho-Tachometer-Gauge-With-White-Face-Blue-LED-0-8000-RPM-/360649794427?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item53f867237b

its not as cheap as i said but there are cheaper ones but they dont come with a pod.


first of all the mounting of it , i went for the left had side of the speedo binical as it didnt obstruct anything and it gave me a good viewing angle .
as you can see it was strait forward to mount , just two self taping screws and a 5mm hole for the cables to pass though.






once it was mounted it was just a case of abit of power and the pulse signal .
i took the power from the back of the fag lighter as it was the most accessible source of power that came on with the ignition.
Now for the pulse signal wire, my van is a early 1.3 16v with twin coil packs and no odb2  port. Having a poke around with the fluke multimeter i found the tacho output it was on a little 4pin connector just pokeing out of the loom to the right of the heater, it is right at the back and a right fucker to get to! the output was on the black and yellow wire.

As it was a right wanker to get too i made a little plug pin to stick in the connector out of a wire crimp and cut the end to a point , and then just taped it to stop it falling out.





once that was in it was switch on time!


A a quick blast down the A46 and all seem fine and dandy . its probably not the most accurate bit of kit but then it was £11.50 off Ebay. it dose the job tho, 70mph is about 4000 rpm .

Good work, you've taken all the work out of it for me too. Thanks for sharing and the great pictures too!

No problem hj. get on it and get it connected !  

found it oldie . this is the ebay tacho 11.58 delivered . came in 4 days. works ok . has a blue led back light (not my bag but im going to change the colour)

Excellent bit of work GT. Looks a really neat bit of work you have done
and all the exploratory work you have done too. Thank you very much. 

Thanks woody. hope it will help others.

I am sure it will GT---- me for one as I will buy two or three to keep on the shelf.
Gonna be a bit of cursing though getting my mobile bear traps into that small
space to reach that connector block.
Think my Grandaughter will be seconded to
do that for me. She loves tinkering with cars at only 11 years old. Takes after her Grandad definitely. Poor girl.!!

yes woody it sure is tight in there ive got cuts all up my arm from this job, worth it tho  if you have a willing small person then get her in there !

This is the early type 1.3 (NO odb2 connector)  pulse for tacho is on a black and yellow wire



This is the later type 1.3 with odb2 connector , it looks to me you should be able to hook your rev counter to a pin on this. its not as clear on the pic but it is also on a black and yellow wire according to this schematic.
 

Tomorrows (erm todays) job will be putting my rev counter in my daily driver  

Good man . Well done and thank you. Might be calling you in a few days
when mine arrive. All of mine are the later ones with the diagnostic socket.

[quote="HighlyJetted"]Tomorrows (erm todays) job will be putting my rev counter in my daily driver  [/quote

Go to bed boy. You should have been there hours ago at your tender age.  

Oh thinking about it you probably were and now you have just got back
to your own bed.!!!    

HIJET1300GT wrote:found it oldie . this is the ebay tacho 11.58 delivered . came in 4 days. works ok . has a blue led back light (not my bag but im going to change the colour)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-52mm-Car-Motor-Counter-Tacho-Tachometer-Gauge-Meter-0-8000-RPM-Rev-Blue-LED-/290938085152?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item43bd42df20

Thanks for the linky and the fitting info....can't fault you.....cheers  .

I've had a look at the add on eBay now and I guess they must be selling 12volt
Tyre Pumps too. The Rev Counter price has been INFLATED to £15-99 now.

Still a good deal though at that. I sold three larger secondhand revcounters
at Beaulie Auto Jumble last September for £25 each.

Just going to order a couple of them now.  

This is the eBay no for the 11.58 ones

290938085152

Hi woody they are still 11.58 . The link at the top was the wrong one the one lower down is the right one.

Oh right thank you GT. Glad I haven't ordered it yet. I got distracted by
another matter. Obviously good timing in this case. Cheers for that.  

Thank you very much for that GT. I have ordered two.
I tried ordering two at once but it wouldn't play ball and tried
to charge me £2-58 for postage for one.Its nice to know that modern
day computers can get befuddled--- not just old farts like me!! 

Computers are a pain. Excellent news you didn't have to spend unnessasry wedge! Hope it was a good distraction like a big full English breakfast with a big mug of tea!

Yes and no. Breakfast --- part of it --- mug of tea -- definitely not !!
Black coffee man me with plenty of sugar.  

That yellow/black rev wire runs to the 4 pin diagnostic port so you can just connect in to it there. This is where I put mine. Bit fiddly cutting the right space out of the instrument surround though

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Yep that's what I said.

Hi Gt . I did order a couple of Rev Counters , but it is showing a ridiculous
delivery date. How long did it take to get yours through please??