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DogKnight

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DogKnight

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Hello all,

Need a little bit of advice on where I can help with my 'line.

Recently the tacometer has started playing up and the needle is bouncing all over the place. It could be sitting at 5 grand when idle or up over 9 grand when cruising. I can still drive the car as I dont need the taco for daily driving, however I got a lovely little EPA notice which needs dealing with and a working taco is a must to get that resolved.

I live in Rowville so I am looking for a workplace in the south eastern suburbs where I could get this fixed. Can anyone recommend a workshop? Or alternatively, anyone had this issue and know how to fix it?

Any help would be appreciated. Cheers.

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llama_au Grand Master

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I haven't used them but maybe this company could help: http://www.hotfrog.com.au/Companies/ShowCompany.aspx?company=Ringwood-Speedometer-Service

Whenever I've had gauge cluster issues in other cars it has been as simple as a bad earth.

paulr33 Grand Master

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good find adam

on my GTST with the apexi RSM connected my needle goes spazzo past the RevLimit Warning set on the Apexi RSM

the hicas light flahes and the RPM goes all the over the shop - fix is to set the rev warning on RSM to 10,000 and it goes away

unrelated to your issue, but another "wierd" gotcha i saw with the RPM needle

matticus Collaborator

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The easiest way t fix it is to get a new tacho that works and swap it over.

There are tutorials which in some cases fix the tacho but ive had no luck. I bought a secons hand tachometer and havne had a problem since.

its pretty easy to change the tacho over, just have to get the cluster out and then its three screws to get the tacho out. If you get a whole new cluster, you can see how it works.

DogKnight Mentor

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Thanks for the advice guys.

Looks like the easiest way will be to replace it fully. However may pull it apart and check some of the connections as per the link provided.

Anyone have a spare tacho for a R33 GTST lying around?

htial Grand Master

htial

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Needing a working taco for an epa is stupid... ...How many cars out there don't have tacos... ...I've owned three... ...and only one of those was an auto... ...I had to get an epa cleared on an old FJ45 Landcruser which doesn't have a taco and they couldn't do anything about it... ...He didn't want to clear it because there wasn't a taco but they were never made with a taco...

My taco isn't working at the moment and I've been thinking of changing mine to a VU meter for the subbie going in the boot!!!... ...Tunes man... ...Woot...

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