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Posted by Pete C. on April 11, 2008, 12:13 am
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Jim Chandler wrote:
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> SteveB wrote:
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> > I need to set a welding machine drive motor at 2300 RPM as suggested by the
> > Lincoln tekkie until I can get the circuit board and controlling devices
> > worked on.
> >
> > Is there a simple cheap tach that I can buy that will just alligator clamp
> > onto a spark wire or some other easily accessible place? This is a
> > Continental four banger.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
> Go to your nearest AutoZone, or eqivalent, and you can get a tach that
> will handle 4, 6, or 8 cyl for under $50. How soon do you need it? I
> have one that I bought for the Corvette when the OEM one was dead but
> found there was nowhere to mount the damned thing. I'll let it go for
> $40.00. It's new, in the box.
>
> Jim
You can also get a nice little stick on LCD combination hour meter /
tachometer that has a pickup wire that wraps around a spark plug wire.
Places like Northern Tool carry them. They are nice in that they run for
years on a little button cell and display accumulated hours when the
engine isn't running and RPM when it is running.
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> Lincoln tekkie until I can get the circuit board and controlling devices
> worked on.
>
> Is there a simple cheap tach that I can buy that will just alligator clamp
> onto a spark wire or some other easily accessible place? This is a
> Continental four banger.
>
> Steve
>
>