Tach capacitor for V8

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by mccanlessdesign, Oct 14, 2003.

  1. Which capacitor on the factory dash assembly do I change, and to what,
    to count appropriate pulses for a V-8 swap? 1990 760 Turbo

    Forrest
     
    mccanlessdesign, Oct 14, 2003
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  2. mccanlessdesign

    Herman Guest

    I've heard of this before as well but, everywhere I've checked no one
    seems to be able to help.
    As far as I know you need a tach from an '82 '83 six cylinder which has
    a potentiometer on the back side which needs to be turned all the way to
    the left position. I've not been able to get my hands on one of these
    either.
    If anyone knows where such an animal can be obtained please
    respond....... I'd be greatful:)
    Herman '83 282 5.0 H.O. formerly 242 Turbo intercooled
     
    Herman, Oct 15, 2003
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  3. Back when Car & Driver did an article on Mr. Converse and his Volvo
    conversions, they mentioned it, but not specifically!
     
    mccanlessdesign, Oct 16, 2003
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  4. mccanlessdesign

    James Sweet Guest

    It should be easy to find by looking at the circuit, I haven't paid much
    attention to how the tach works but I'm guessing it's a fairly simple
    frequency to voltage converter.
     
    James Sweet, Oct 16, 2003
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  5. mccanlessdesign

    athol Guest

    I think that it needed a change of resistor, not capacitor.
    Does this also apply to 82-83 264/265 dashes? I'm intending to swap
    an '82 dash into my '80 model and haven't done anything yet about
    recalibrating the tacho. Haven't started pulling the donor 265
    apart yet...
     
    athol, Oct 20, 2003
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