Technical rev counter

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Technical rev counter

charlieboy

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i know its been explained before but i need a total idiots guide to putting one in a 1litre, so i could do it on a day off sorta thing.

it will be a free standing one too

cheers charlie
 
well basically this is how it is done. First find a rev-counter..hehehe...then find the where on the dashboard you want to mount it. I fitted mine between the dash (where there are all the clocks) and the door. Now I typical rev-counter willl come with 5 wires. 1 should be connected to the coil, the other two are to power the rev counter so they are a + and - and the other two are to power the lights which are a + and -. The latter should be connected to the lights of the car so it only lights when the lights of the car are on. I connected mine to the parking lights. One other thing you have to see is that it is set on 4 cylinders since many rev-counters cater for a different number of cylinder engines. Well its easier said than done, but could be fitted in a day given all the right tools. I did mine in a day without the right tools. For this job scothlocks come in quite handy!!
 
It may be easier and cheaper if you can get hold of SX dials TBH. ;)

I didn’t shop around, but one place wanted about £85 for a rev counter. I paid £20 for the SX pod (Thanks ChrisUnoMan), which only needs 1 extra wire. :)

The Turbo pod will fit too, but you will have loads of redundant gauges to look at.
 
thanks jamie but i got my rev counter and pod now, thanks anyways matey (y)

rev counter is 52mm, interchangle colours (7) ooooooh ahhhhhhhhh :p

just the length of wire on the back is about 8inches long, is that going to be long enough?

charlie
 
ok it has 5 wires. orange red white black and green. what goes where!?

no instructions in box either! am i going to need to add wires to get them to where they need to be!?

charlie
 
coil is in the engine bay as highlighted below.

coil.jpg


Don't worry - you don't need to replace the clutch cylinder to get to it ;)

The wire my SX tachometer works off is the green one furthest right.
 
The coil is in the engine bay. To find it try looking it up in the haynes manual. Im sure you will find it there. I forgot which wire I connected it to though. What I know is that I tried them all with a voltmeter!
 
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