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#1
Silly Question
Something just dawned on me. How do you put a tachometer on an Olds diesel engine? There is no ignition to hook it up to...
Was a tachometer ever available in the Oldsmobile B bodies with diesel engines in the late 70s and early 80s?
Was a tachometer ever available in the Oldsmobile B bodies with diesel engines in the late 70s and early 80s?
#2
Most newer diesel engines use a signal from the altenator they have a post for it. You have to use a tach for a diesel.
Another type of diesel tach uses a magnet pickup.
Then the link shows an interface for diesel without a altenator with the W post. Then you can use a regular tach with it.
http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.c...rod/prd128.htm
Another type of diesel tach uses a magnet pickup.
Then the link shows an interface for diesel without a altenator with the W post. Then you can use a regular tach with it.
http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.c...rod/prd128.htm
Last edited by 70 cutlass s; July 22nd, 2010 at 07:43 AM.
#4
There are a few options. You can use a mechanical tach - there are actually small tachs that you hold against the balancer that measure RPM directly. There are vibration tachs that measure each cylinder pulse. As for the factory, there was a special Kent Moore tool called a Tach-N-Time or something like that. The tool had a probe that fit into the cylinder on the plastic timing tab. A small magnet in the balancer was picked up by this probe for measuring RPM and also to time the injector pump.
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The tach in my motorhome runs off the alternator. Found that out when the tach started jumping around and I traced it down to a worn fan belt. Changed the belt tightened it to spec and the tach worked fine.
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