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Postby Adamal » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:03 pm

Was driving along at a steady pace, and all of the sudden, the needle on the tacho jumped up and back down. No difference in the engine though.
At one point, it jumped all the way to 9000rpm and back down to 0, then back to about 2300rpm.

Anyone got any ideas as to what the hell that is??? :?
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Postby DJ » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:08 pm

Right foot spasms? :D
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Re: Strange tachometer behaviour

Postby bad20v » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:08 pm

Adamal wrote:Was driving along at a steady pace, and all of the sudden, the needle on the tacho jumped up and back down. No difference in the engine though.
At one point, it jumped all the way to 9000rpm and back down to 0, then back to about 2300rpm.

Anyone got any ideas as to what the hell that is??? :?



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Postby Adamal » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:36 pm

Yes, cause its easy for a stock 3S to zip round to 9000rpm and beyond :P

Ok, so anyone got some HELPFUL information? :P
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Postby aesc » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:52 pm

Same type of thing happened in my old Integra, every time youd rev it past say 5k rpm the needle on the tach would go ballistic.

Took it to the auto sparky and they found there were some pins loose in the distributor :? Im not sure what 3S's run with regards to ignition but could be something like that
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Postby bogjob_kp60 » Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:17 pm

Is this a factory tacho?

Make sure all your connections to the negative of the coil are tight
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Postby atmosports » Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:21 pm

Lol, had the same thing happen on my EP82. Check the wiring on the back of te tacho for breaks & also check the underside of the diagnostics connector especially the IG- wire. My car had the wire broken on the back of the IG- terminal on the diagnostics connector, fixed this & then the tacho was sweet. If you are having any igntion miss as the same time as it's happening then the problem is ignition, if the tacho is playing up then the problem is wring with the tacho & generally it's a broken wire for a factory toyota tacho.
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Postby DJ » Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:51 pm

bogjob_kp60 wrote:Is this a factory tacho?


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Postby Adamal » Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:55 pm

Cheers guys, have been fiddling under the dash a bit (whole ignition barrel thing) so could be a bit loose.

Will check it out :)
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Postby Dell'Orto » Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:15 pm

I've got a pic of mine doing 11,000rpm :lol:

Mine was due to a loose positive terminal, plus theres another wire coming off that terminal that had snapped. CHeck those are good.
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Postby CozmoNz » Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:32 pm

bad earth / bad connections somewhere.

If anything else happens in the dash area, its a bad earth in the dash area (duh)

If its ONLY the tach doing it, its going to be a bad connection to the dizzy (or whatever the sw20 gets its signal from).
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Postby Adamal » Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:10 pm

Well, made sure all the connecters in the back of the dash were nice and snug. I think I felt one go in a bit more, can't tell very well as it was very awkward to get to.
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Postby EssDub » Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:39 pm

Mmm, Boost wrote:I've got a pic of mine doing 11,000rpm :lol:

Mine was due to a loose positive terminal, plus theres another wire coming off that terminal that had snapped. CHeck those are good.


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Postby Adamal » Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:43 pm

Oh, and this is for you, Graham :)

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Postby EssDub » Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:45 pm

Give...me...your...speedo....dammit.... 8O :x :x
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Postby Adamal » Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:46 pm

Haha, not a chance ;)
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Postby EssDub » Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:47 pm

i WILL find one... arrrr.... :x
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Postby Adamal » Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:51 pm

Seeing as there were only about ~20 (Rought guestimate) NZ new models, you may have trouble :)

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Postby EssDub » Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:53 pm

220km/hr... (they dont read accurate :P) supposed max. speed of an NA SW20.... 8O
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Postby Adamal » Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:25 pm

Could have kept going, but things start to get a little intense at that speed... Decided it would be wise to back off.
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