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Old 03-15-2008, 10:03 PM   #1
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How to test if a tach is good

I have a 7k rpm tack that looks like the board is fried, is there any way of testing it without hooking it up? My truck is disasembled so, hard wiring it to a engine is not an option. Would an ohm meter work or ?

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Old 03-16-2008, 12:34 AM   #2
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Re: How to test if a tach is good

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Old 03-16-2008, 01:41 PM   #4
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Re: How to test if a tach is good

I don't know of an easy way to test a tach. The ohm meter will check continuity but since the tach receives electrical "impulses" from the distributor, you would need a piece of equipment that generates these "impulses".

Do you have another truck or car that you could temporarily hook the tach up to?

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