Which rev counter and how?

[steve austin]

Hi all, going to get ribbed for this but I want to fit a rev counter my old Austin 1300, can you please advise on which type I need and how to wire it in? I seem to remember something about the coil being involved but havent looked into it in donkeys years!

[Station]

Older type rev counters are wired directly to the coil. New cars are wired to the HID aircon headlights or something.

[meggersdog]

Three wires : red power supply , green negative on the coil and black to earth.

Try here http://www.minifinity.co.uk/forum/viewt ... 08&start=0

[barefoot]

Try not to get one red-lined at 10,000rpm

 

you'll only use the bottom corner

[Rusty Pelican]

I use Yazaki ones , wire straight off the coil , they did a little 52mm one which is small but looks the part , no new ones about now but they are really reliable , had one of mine over 20 years now , still works fine

This ones on the bay , a day to go and cheap at present

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yazaki-Electronic ... 500wt_1156

[seth]

I use Yazaki ones ,

 

They get a thumbs up from me too. NOT SMITHS etc means they don't cost so much but they look right. I've got a 50mm one in the Hillman (useful as a speedo) and an 80mm one in the Oxford. You may well find an "extra" wire which is to supply a feed for the internal light - taken from the sidelight/dash light circuit.

[steve austin]

Thanking you all muchly, seems to easy to be true, am watching the yazuki! Easy peasy hahaha!