Maybe I was premature with my comment about the car running fine. Driving home
it sputtered a few times 4 at highway speed but the tach was still kind of
bouncing back and forth especially when i shifted from 2nd to 3rd or 3rd to 4th
it would slam over to 7k and then back to around 2800 no i wasn't riding the
clutch. It didn't do it every time but a lot of the time.
could this still be a ground issue? the distributor is in tight and a the right
position so any other ideas? could my oil leak into the cylinder be causing
this?
Thanks
ryan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Proefrock" <proefrock@comcast.net>
To: "Spridgets List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 3:43:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Gauge issues
On Aug 17, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Frank wrote:
> The tach probably has a dirty ground, I have seen this a few times.
> Since they only ground via the thumb screw that holds it in, a new
> (extra) ground from the body of the tach to a screw in the body
> does wonders.
And, if proper grounding *doesn't* work, it'll continue to read
erratically, work for a while, quit for a while, then work again, for
an indefinite period of time, then eventually fail completely. At
least that's what mine did ('72 Midget). I got a used tach from the
parts stash of one of our list members (thanks again, Monty!) that
works perfectly. They also show up from time to time on eBay. Just
make sure you match the numbers on the face to get the correct
replacement, should you need one.
Jim
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