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 Anthiron
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| posted on May 5th, 2008 at 05:06 PM |
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tacho going crazy
my car hasnt been running at an ideal standard lately.
and ive noticed that recently the tacho seems to skip up and down in rythym from 0 to engine speed up and down up and down and so on. usually only
till around 2000rpm when i behaves normally. sometimes is does it and sometimes not. is this the tacho wire earthing? stuck points?
i did put in new plugs which were one stage colder than my old plugs as they had none of the ones i wanted and changed the points and condensor. would
this affect it at all?
engine is idling lower than normal and is more sluggish from cold start etc than normal. also sometimes hesitates on accelleration.
i recently started a post on a problem is was having with the engine stalling at random. which i think was the idle cut of solinoid flicking on and
off while driving. i have since fixed the connection and blown out the idle jet to be sure. it was after this that the idle dropped.
any ideas would be great
thanks
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| posted on May 5th, 2008 at 05:24 PM |
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how old are ur plug wires?
if the tacho wire shorts out anywhere u'll no cos the engine will stop dead
makes for a good kill switch- grounding the tacho wire somewhere hidden
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Anthiron
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| posted on May 5th, 2008 at 05:46 PM |
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just figured out the pulsation is when my indicators are on, so i should be able to fix that pretty easy.
plug wires are high quality items that i had made for my car about 2 years ago.
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| posted on May 5th, 2008 at 06:00 PM |
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check the earthing or the wiring and make sure its good
Some Tachos require the pulse lead to be looped to act as a dampener
( i dont understand the jiggory of electronics ) but i remember i had a VDO tacho a lot of years ago and there was a special insulated plastic
block on the back and fitting instructions stating a loop was required in the pulse wire
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| posted on May 5th, 2008 at 07:02 PM |
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some of the newer tachos are real shits about working in old cars with points cos there all mainly only fitted to computer controlled EFI cars these
days
my splitfire tach refuses to work with points but is fine when i have my pertronix in
ive heard the trick with this is an inline diode
but if its only with the indicators on its something else
where abouts are u getting power for the tacho?
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Anthiron
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| posted on May 8th, 2008 at 10:01 AM |
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if i run the tacho with constant power will it drain the battery slowly when the engine isnt on or is this ok to do?
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| posted on May 8th, 2008 at 10:28 AM |
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I await hearing a resolution on this.
Years back when I made a digital tacho kit from Dick Smith or Jaycar, I tried to use it on the S beetle but it was just totally berzerk. The revs were
all over the place. But when I tested it on the van it worked perfectly. Never understood that one.
DUB74L, would using the tacho wire as a killswitch damage anything? I'm just asking because it seems like a great way to fit one.
I can also fit a no-start switch to my van if I want. Because it used to be an auto it still has the interlock wiring, just plugged together so it can
start. A switch in there and no starter either 
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| posted on May 8th, 2008 at 11:19 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Anthiron
my car hasnt been running at an ideal standard lately.
i did put in new plugs which were one stage colder than my old plugs as they had none of the ones i wanted and changed the points and
condensor. would this affect it at all?
thanks
Nicko
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this happens to many people who don't go to a VW Shop for spares
ALL VW shops stock the standard VW spark plugs and other electrical items
The auto shops aren't interested in stocking parts for 30 year old cars...
Lee
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