Powerfc & Tachometer Probs

[MoogLe]

hey guys.

there's a local guy that i'm looking to buy a powerfc from and he's telling me that it has a small problem which is that when it's hooked up, the tachometer in your gauge cluster stops working.

But he says that the hand controller displays the rpm's just fine.

So does anyone have a clue as to what might cause that and how to fix it?

he said that someone told him once that there's a small addon he can buy that fixes it easily.

help me out here!

[femno]

Once I had a PowerFC, and it made the tacho read half of what it really was...that PowerFC was BLOWN.

[MoogLe]

so, what did you do with it?

[MoogLe]

bump

[Birnie]

never heard of that happenning before.......and it would be enough for me to buy elsewhere.

[DECIM8]

Dont buy it I think he means..

[WYTSKY]

hey mate,

I don't know what car you have, but I have a powerfc + commander (which shows rpm), an aftermarket specko meter tacho and obveously the tacho in my standard cluster.... all working fine.... dont see why you should have any problems.. IMO.. look for a powerfc that wont stuff up anything else.

adam

[MoogLe]

well for the price he's offering me ($450), i'm looking for a way to fix it

[Burgerman]

I have a small discrepancy between my speedometer and the speed that the PFC displays. it's out by maybe 3-5km/hr. I do have an aftermarket cluster however so I think it's because of that, it doesn't concern me too much though.

See if you can have a look at it or get someone electronically minded to look at it for you before you buy it. See if it's repairable or possibly if there are other more major things wrong with it that the seller hasn't mentioned. $450 is very cheap (depending on age) especially if it comes with a hand controller. But then again $450 is very expensive for a PFC that doesn't work.....

[paulr33]

id just buy a working known PFC instead of dealing with someone else's problem