Doug-
My father is using an electric VDO gauge. It has a black face to match the
factory gauges-the pointer is orange. The tach was just a *little* smaller
than stock so installation was a breeze. The factory gauge was removed and
the internals removed (hang onto this as I'm sure someone is needing one!)
Using the original plexiglass lense, I bored a hole the diameter of the new
gauge. This left only a thin ring of plexiglass. I painted it black and
secured the gauage to the plexiglass (most new guages use a huge plastic
nut). This assembly was sandwhiched back into the original casing and
bolted back in with the original hardware. The setup looks really good-not
cobbled. It may be a week or so, but I can post pictures if anyone wants.
Enjoy!
Nathan
----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas E Noble <Douglas.E.Noble@parsons.com>
To: Datsun Roadster List <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 9:24 AM
Subject: Electric Tachometers?
> To the List,
>
> I checked the e-mail archives and didn't find anything that quite
> matched my question, so here it is.
>
> A PO of my '69 1600 stroked the engine with an H20 crankshaft and
used
> an H20 distributor with it when rebuilt. The car runs great, however
> the original mechanical tachometer is disconnected. And there in
lies
> the question.
>
> Does anyone have experience with an electric tach that will fit the
> dash opening size-wise of a high windshield car and work with this
> kind of set up? I figured a mechanical tach might be a real pain to
> get dialed in right.
>
> Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Doug Noble
> Vienna, Virginia
> SPL311-25006
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