my cheap and easy tach
 

i took my idiot light dash, cut 2 holes for a oil pressure, and temp gauge, and today i added a tach. i was looking for something in the shop and found it.nothing special but it serves its purpose.if you wondering. i took the lense and cut the turn signal and warning lights part out, then i took the black backing plate and cut the same out of it.

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I have that same sunpro tach

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I am trying to do mine the same way with a older Sun tach that maxes at 5000 rpm. I can not get it to work right though. When I hook it up the needle jumps all over the place. It has a sticker on the back that says "use with model EB or WPA series transmitters" and it is a model ST-505. Anybody got any ideas about this?

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i didnt know i had one until today

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Someone unfamiliar with our truck would assume that is factory. You did a great job on the install- it looks good!

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thanks

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I have a gauge dash, but I mounted mine the same way. Looks and works good.

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i did the same thing with my gauge dash too. looks good, i some how fried my tach in the process though. so now it looks better than clamped to the column but it doesn't work. I'm and IDIOT!!!!

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I used a marine tach ( 0-6000 ) RPM ) ... Sorry, this pic was taken with El Cheapo brand camera

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me too, I got mine from a customer's grain truck. just about vintage correct.

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Good job, looks familiar..... :D

If I ever get enough time, the rest of the dash will be white face as well.

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i wish my truck had that much fuel in it!!!

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I put a similar tach in my dash. I pulled the guts out and just used that.

I also added a "Quartz" clock out of a mid 80s Sub in the open hole to the right of the steering column. I'm still amazed how accurate that clock is. Other than for daylight savings I never have to adjust it.

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sweet all i did with mine was plug it in and wedge it under my dash pad

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Man, that looks great.

I need to do a "cheap" tach in mine when I redo the dash.

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Looks good man, how did the salvage yard visit go 1970bowtie??

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:haha: Me and you both!!

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I think that looks great.......
If I was buiding a stock looking panel I would got the same route. What tach is that....?

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that looks good

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i ended up not going...you know how that goes

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its a sun pro super tach 2