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I got Dickson's and my ralley pacs back from Mr. Tachman a couple of days ago. Dickson's appears to work fine, but my tach is sticking (damage due to shipping). Mr. Tachman in his paperwork said not to use key to ON position while using the radio, for example, without running the engine, as the points might damage the tach. I was completely unaware of this. I questioned him on this, as to whether this also applied to Pertronix, and he said electronic ignitions don't create this problem. I guess if the points are just on the verge of opening/closing, the slightest tremor could cause them to open/close, causing signals to the tach. It seems to me that any DC current is shunted out of the tach by the transformer.
Tachman got all over my butt about the butchering I did to both tachs. He claims the 3 diodes in each were blown, and he spent several more hours repairing them than estimated. Now there were 3 components that appeared to be capacitors that were unmarked; I guess now they were diodes. The only thing I did was put them across a capacitor-meter, which should blow diodes, but I guess it did. Anyway, I kinda resent the abuse he's heaping on me continuously...I let it slide and don't argue. What's the sense in it?
http://clubs.hemmings.com/baymustang/platesmall.jpgLet me check your shorts! My multimeter is just a-waiting! Formerly known as Midlife in the old VMF.
King of the Old Farts *struts*
Tachman got all over my butt about the butchering I did to both tachs. He claims the 3 diodes in each were blown, and he spent several more hours repairing them than estimated. Now there were 3 components that appeared to be capacitors that were unmarked; I guess now they were diodes. The only thing I did was put them across a capacitor-meter, which should blow diodes, but I guess it did. Anyway, I kinda resent the abuse he's heaping on me continuously...I let it slide and don't argue. What's the sense in it?
http://clubs.hemmings.com/baymustang/platesmall.jpgLet me check your shorts! My multimeter is just a-waiting! Formerly known as Midlife in the old VMF.
King of the Old Farts *struts*