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Can someone tell me why when I turn on my headlight/parking lights and panel lights together my tach dies? The tach is not really registering correctly but I've been figuring that I may just need to lubricate the cable. At least it operates when both light switches are off, or when only the panel light switch is on, or when only the headlight/parking light switch is on. But as soon as I activate both switches the tach drops dead. I haven't messed with the wiring in any way around the tach or the light switches. Admittedly I'm not much of an electrician, but I'm dogged about such things and this one has me baffled.
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Tachometer versus lights
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GregW
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Hi Pete,
Don't look for a tach cable for the BJ8, it's electric. I'd start with the ground wires, there is a double black wire on the back of the tach. Make sure that's making good contact. After that I'd check the main ground wires that go from the battery-cutoff switch-frame and the frame-transmission one.
Don't look for a tach cable for the BJ8, it's electric. I'd start with the ground wires, there is a double black wire on the back of the tach. Make sure that's making good contact. After that I'd check the main ground wires that go from the battery-cutoff switch-frame and the frame-transmission one.
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What is the health of your generator? Is the battery getting a full charge? I know that on my car that if the alternator is working hard to charge a tired battery the tach shows incorrectly...
