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| Drew | Hopefully not a "don't waste your time it's so easy" but I took the picture just for the interesting mileage (I'm easily amused) and noticed it shows a problem I'm having with it. So what is wrong in this picture? It's a Dodge Ram p/u, I'm pulled over and stopped btw. Have a safe New Years everyone! 
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| ed monahan | It appears your tach is below the peg. |
| Drew | That's it! Was hoping it would be slightly more difficult and not quite so obvious. Requires pulling dash and re-soldering contacts, am in no hurry to do that.  |
| ed monahan | I would just break the glass and duct tape it back in place but that would be for a Prowler. I wouldn't go to all that trouble for a pick up. lol |
| ALLEY CAT | I'd leave it be and buy an aftermarket tach to install... A lot less work............ |
| stevedymo | AC, I'm surprise you forgot about the magnet trick. Drew, for what its worth, leave the key off and try putting a magnet by the 1000 and see if you can move the needle around to the other side. No fee if it works. |
| ALLEY CAT | Steve,,since its a Ram truck and not a Prowler, I didn't want to offer that suggestion,,,,,but that may work? The tach on my silver Prowler stuck like that, but I was able to bring the tilt-wheel fully down, release, and let it slam up with force.....and that jarring motion on the top of the steering column brought the tach needle back into place and never happened again. When it comes to magnet uses, I will defer to Beach/Roger,,,, for him to respond with his expertise |
| Drew | Actually it will spin half way back upon acceleration, as soon as I let off the throttle it will completely fall either way, sometimes landing in it's normal position so it does a lot of wild spinning during a normal drive. The repair requires a pinpoint soldering iron which I have buried in the garage somewhere and that's my excuse for not tackling it yet, I just really haven't looked! |
| jimsutton | Its not a Problem ! The tach is just out of gas .. |
| bjprowler | Unless you use Autostick, or for some reason use the lower gears quite a lot, the tach on most cars is about as useless as tits on a boar hog IMO  |
| Landscape Doctor | quote:
Originally posted by bjprowler:
Unless you use Autostick, or for some reason use the lower gears quite a lot, the tach on most cars is about as useless as tits on a boar hog IMO
Very classy!!!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
| robin | I'm sitting here having a bacon sandwich and I have to read this crap.
Come on clean up your metaphors.This message has been edited by robin on 12-30-2017 at 09:58 AM |
| bjprowler | While you're sitting there enjoying your bacon sandwich, try looking up the word "tit" in the Webster dictionary....You'll find that it has two definitions.....One is "TEAT" and the other is that it CAN be used as a "vulgar" term...(which I was NOT doing).....There's nothing "VULGAR" about a boar's "tit"....It's part of their anatomy. Here ya go:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tit
......And when you open the link above, click on the word "TEAT"
...... You will THEN see this page which FURTHER deines "TEAT"...
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teat
Here's what you'll see:
Definition of "TEAT"
1: the protuberance through which milk is drawn from an udder or breast : nipple
I hope that soothes your sensitivity and enlightens you to the word "tits"
"Tits" on a male pig are "USELESS" just as I stated. It's not a "metaphor"
This message has been edited by bjprowler on 12-30-2017 at 11:03 AM |
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| ALLEY CAT | L/D,,,, I think that journey has been made several times  
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| silverkat | UB is such a wonderful, wholesome, comedic genius and indespensible to the site, right? He's never over the top and is an English Professor and tops on the lecture circuit as well. He adds so much to the site, this must be the reason he doesn't contribute 1 lousy dime... |
| Drew | The thread was tachy to begin with- (rimshot) |
| ed monahan | I still don't know what I WON for winning the trivia contest. lol |
| robin | Drew you funny
Ed you will be person of the year for the remaining 2017 year. This message has been edited by robin on 12-31-2017 at 10:46 AM |
| Drew | Lol- My work is done here, thank you Robin! |
| ed monahan | I'm honored. (Is that EST or PST???). Almost 2 hours v almost 5 hours). |
| mslc10 | Had a 87 Cherokee . The needle was just a press on fit. But after I pulled it off I didn’t get it accurately pressed back on so tach was a bit off..... but it WAS just a press on fit This message has been edited by mslc10 on 01-07-2018 at 03:42 PM |
