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Okay, I've been reading the documents by our very own Sarastro and Doug Lawson on a couple of ways to convert your mechanical tach to electronic operation, and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. I'm not an engineer, though I've done some soldering (mostly guitar repair work). I'm trying to figure out the simplest way to get to a reliable tach operation, while retaining the original Bugeye tach face.
Here's what I have in hand:
* Smiths RVI 2401/01 tach (4"), that I now know is missing the little piece that the wire loops around. Positive ground.
* Smiths RVC 1401/01 AF tach (3"). Unknown if it works, but it looks to be all there. Negative ground.
* Original Bugeye mechanical tach, in working order (though the drive gear box is broken, hence this work to replace the tach).
* Original Bugeye mechanical tach being bid on in eBay. Needs restoration, but the gauge face looks to be in decent shape (that's what I want it for, as I don't want to cut up my original unit).
It would seem to me that I can use the donor Bugeye face, RVC guts, and one of the two 4" cases I'll have to make this all work. I'm just not feeling very confident. Building a circuit board as Sarastro did seems a bit beyond me, or am I just being a wimp? I do own a soldering iron, and have used it to some success in the past.
Here's what I have in hand:
* Smiths RVI 2401/01 tach (4"), that I now know is missing the little piece that the wire loops around. Positive ground.
* Smiths RVC 1401/01 AF tach (3"). Unknown if it works, but it looks to be all there. Negative ground.
* Original Bugeye mechanical tach, in working order (though the drive gear box is broken, hence this work to replace the tach).
* Original Bugeye mechanical tach being bid on in eBay. Needs restoration, but the gauge face looks to be in decent shape (that's what I want it for, as I don't want to cut up my original unit).
It would seem to me that I can use the donor Bugeye face, RVC guts, and one of the two 4" cases I'll have to make this all work. I'm just not feeling very confident. Building a circuit board as Sarastro did seems a bit beyond me, or am I just being a wimp? I do own a soldering iron, and have used it to some success in the past.