The little birdie made me do it. See, it was rainy today and I found out that she doesn't like rainy days. We've only been together 2 weeks, so we're still getting to know each other But then the sun came out, and she said "Come drive!" She convinced me that we should go out for a REAL drive and stop grannying around. Apparently the tach wasn't used to so much exercise, and now it's dead. The light works, but the needle droops at 0 and doesn't twitch. Grrr.

Bummer! Wires do come loose sometimes. Pop the hood and find the wires that come from the tach. I "think" there's three: Ground, a line for the light, and a line that gets the rev signal from the distributor. I suspect that you have a problem with the line that goes to the distributor. Check it out and let us know.

It most likely is a burned out diode or there is no power going to the magnet which controls the needle,the same happened to mine,I called a few places that deal with these tachs,they couldn`t give an exact price on how much to fix it,but the guys I talked to told me it would be cheaper to buy a new one as they could not guarantee that the tach would work,and that it would cost about half as much as the new one,and that a new tach has a one year warranty.

If you follow Darron's advice, I'd be happy to adopt your dead one

At least you killed your tach the right way! Cool, drive it til it breaks.

OK, it's working perfectly again and I didn't do anything to it. I won't complain!

I guess my car just likes to throw temper tantrums on rainy days. The tach had quit, my wiper blade FLEW off in traffic, I thought the engine was about to drop dead at idle, and then all of my windows wouldn't defog except for two tiny circles on the windshield. Too funny. I can take a hint. (Thank goodness it's March.)

It might be a moisture issue, causing the tach to short; after all, the car has probally had its share of exercise because people who own f/g/f cars usually exercise them.

Even though windows will fog under the right conditions, sometimes window fogging is caused by a leak in the car. Check the car closely for leaks. Look in the trunk and feel around the carpet area. If you find any moisture, make a new post, and describ where the moisture is.

JBeaudry,

I really enjoy your posts. You remind me that this is kind of an unwinnable game between the owner and the car. The best one can hope is to keep the car placated for a few weeks.

Keep the faith!

-Scott

Topic: OH NO! I killed my tach today!
oh no,they killed kenny again!!!!!

Your tach will probably work for awhile and then die again.When mine started to act up,it would go right past the 8000 RPM and drop back to zero or sometimes not work and finally it gave out all together.A new one from Early Birds in Toronto is about $325CDN or they were the last time I checked about a year ago.You can call them at 1-800-463-0546 or check out their site www.early-birds.com .

Pull the tach body off your hood again (unless it will screw up the paint job) and reseal it all the way around. Its moisture thats causing this, and even a pin-hole will do it.

Nash , wouldnt that seal any moisture in? and would show up w temp differences?
Guess it woulkd have to be sealed in a very dry room...so all moisture is out first..

I guess I could take a hairdryer to it and then reseal it.(???) What should I use for a sealant? It is on there, but you can lift it some if you try, so maybe it does need to be airtight. It doesn't fog up or anything though. Hmmm.

I used 3M strip caulk when I installed my hood tach. Whatever you use is going to be messy because it will squeeze out. I used bug & Tar remover to get the excess off after the tach was tightened down.