Tom,
Check that your tach cable is turning freely and that the portion inside
that engages with the tach isn't too long (common with new cables). It
could be that your tach is fine, the cable is the problem. However, if
not, I'd send it back for correction!
Alan Myers
San Jose, Calif.
'62 TR4 CT17602L
Tom Winslow wrote:
>
> A local British car repair shop sent my JAEGER tach and Speedo out to be
> rebuilt. The cost for both was about $275. I still have the same problem
> that I had before the rebuild. The tach will be rock solid for a while and
> then it will start jumping + or - 500 rpm - like one of those drinking
> birds. The only problem that I had with the speedo was that the trip
> odometer would not reset. Once the rebuild was installed, it reset one
> time - and now it will no longer reset.
>
> Should these instruments function as new once they are properly rebuilt? I
> am not sure what I should expect.
>
> tw
>
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> Thomas P. Winslow
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