With electronic ignition the signal is not strong enough for the Tach to
work correctly. You will need to convert to Negative ground and have the
tach modified to work with electronic ignition.
The joys of modifying the car. Sometime you modify something and then cause
2 other problems.
David Nock
British Car Specialists
209-948-8767
www.britishcarspecialists.com
-----Original Message-----
From: John OBrien via Healeys
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 12:51 PM
To: David Nock ; Healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tach rebuild
I have a pertronix kit installed.
John
On 11/24/2020 2:42 PM, David Nock wrote:
> Do you have electronic ignition
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> -----Original Message----- From: John OBrien
> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 12:23 PM
> To: Healeys
> Subject: [Healeys] Tach rebuild
>
> Hi Listers:
>
> The tach on my BJ8 does not show the correct RPMs. On a cool morning
> it shows what I believe is fairly close to the right numbers, but as the
> car warm, or the day warms, it reads higher and higher for the same
> speed. I know it is not the clutch slipping. I saw some articles in
> Healey Marque magazine showing how to rebuild and test them, but it
> requires a oscilloscope and some other specialized equipment I don't
> have, so I'm wondering if you guys have a recommendation for someone
> that might rebuild them.
>
> I imagine there is also some info in the archives, but my antivirus
> software flags the archive site as a malicious website and doesn't want
> to let me access it.
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> John O'Brien
>
> '61 bugeye (Lucy)
>
> '65 BJ8 (Madelyn)
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