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The tech I put in my truck is analog and has been working great. I tapped into the brown line coming from the alternator.I am not a big fan of the Tiny Tach. To begin with, part of the romance of driving these 30-year old trucks is the feeling of operating a machine from the 1980's, before the time of computers, email, iPhones, credit cards, health insurance, O.J. Simpson, terrorists, Obama, Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus. When I climb up into my M1028, I go back in time. Suddenly I am the master of my analog machine, with no computers or text messages interupting my thought process or requiring me to respond. I am free to drive where-ever I choose without any interference from modern technology. My finger is on the pulse of my truck; I am listening to the engine and drive-train noise; I am watching the idiot lights, hoping the oil pressure and water temperature sending units continue to work but have no reason to send an alarm; I am in another world. Somehow, the digital read-out of the Tiny Tach just doesn't fit within this picture. I apologize to all those fellow SS members who have installed the Tiny Tach, however there is no way I could install such a device in my truck.
I hope this inspires thought and self-evaluation.
To begin with, part of the romance of driving these 30-year old trucks is the feeling of operating a machine from the 1980's,
The first mechanical tachometers were based on measuring the centrifugal force, similar to the operation of a centrifugal governor. The inventor is assumed to be the German engineer Dietrich Uhlhorn; he used it for measuring the speed of machines in 1817.
I hope this inspires thought and self-evaluation.
goldneagle,The tech I put in my truck is analog and has been working great. I tapped into the brown line coming from the alternator.
[h=1]VDO Cockpit International 4,000 RPM 2 1/16" (52mm) Tachometer, 12V #333 035 024X[/h]goldneagle,
What is the model number / part number for the Deutz you installed?
Thank You
Joseph