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05-12-2004, 02:48 PM
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check this out- cable driven tach??
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05-12-2004, 02:55 PM
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State of Confusion!
 
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Location: Gulfport, MS USA
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Yes sir, a real man's tach. Mechanical!
I didn't know that the ones on these trucks were mechanical. I always though they were electric. Last one I had was a StewartWarner in my V8 pinto in mid 70's.
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05-12-2004, 03:15 PM
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That cluster came from a truck with a diesel engine. The tach has to be cable driven since diesels have no distibutors. The cluster looks nice. I guess you could always get an old gas engine Corvette distibutor to hook the tach to but with only 4K on the dial it would get pegged all the time.
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05-12-2004, 03:22 PM
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Young Gun wth Fast Inline
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I have a regular 8 clyinder tach that i would trade someone here if they got that. Looks interesting.
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05-12-2004, 05:39 PM
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go cyclones
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Diesel engines? Did they just come with special order/dealer options?
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05-12-2004, 08:43 PM
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I am not a big truck (C-40/60) expert so I just guessed it was a diesel due to the low red-line. It could be that a 305/351 V6 or a tall deck big block (366/427) used a mechanical drive tach. Anybody know for sure?
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05-12-2004, 10:41 PM
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You can get a mechanical tach drive distributor and tach still in the aftermarket with a 10,000 rpm scale, or more.
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05-12-2004, 10:51 PM
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JJR, it could have been either a Detroit Diesel or a 366/427. They both red lined below 4,000, and were cable driven. I wonder what Teeitup has in mind for it??!!
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05-13-2004, 09:32 AM
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I still have a couple of tach drive distributers laying around from my early corvette days, never knew they were in trucks too.
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05-13-2004, 11:46 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Boise ID
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My VETTE still has the Mech Tach drive dist. I just recently installed An electronic ignition KIT and shelved the points. Best thing I ever done. When I bought my truck A year ago the first MOD I did was remove the points dist (trahed it) and installed An HEI.
Gary
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