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i'm looking for an address to get my tachometer rewired. it's a 6 cylinder gauge, hence the question  ;)

any help is appreciated, thanks!

There is this German (?) guy, I had his card in my wallet for years now, but have just thrown it away last month  :(

But I have seen him at the Bugshow in Brustem so he's still around. Shouldn't be to hard to track him down.

thomas fett of fett-electronik?

i've sent him emails before and i never ever even got a sign of life back  ;)

I recommend North Hollywood Speedometer service.
They have done plenty of specialty work for me over the years.
www.nhspeedometer.com

~DR.

                                                                What Dave said.

The one who sold you that tachometer Died didnt know it was for a 4 cylinder car right ;D

Rewire? what's there to rewire? its only +12v and signal  ???

Get a 6cyl model work for 4 cyl...

no, i knew this had to be done when i bought the tachometer. so it's not a biggie.

so, i'll have to send it back to the US? :D ;)

is this not something i can do myself?
it seems so easy to go from 6 to 4 cylinders on a monster tach. couldn't be that much harder on a porsche tachometer, right?

having it done is pretty expensive here and i already have taken the gauge apart...

p.s. do 911 tachometer suffer from a bouncing needle as well??

Why don't you sell it and buy a working 4 cyl model?

you have to call him, his e-mail is out of work, i had a clock repaired by him.....

Why would I? It's not like they're the same.

I'll practise my german skills today and call him tomorrow then, I guess. Thanks!

4 cylinder tachs only go to 7 grand and have a redline in the 5,000 range. Weak ;)

you got that right ;)

didn't someone mention he drilled a hole in a 911 tach and converted it?
i've already got the ring and glass of. i reckon 3 screws and it's open. if it's a matter of rewiring, i should be a DIY job, or am i mistaken?  :-\

zach, do you know if a 911 tachometer suffers a bouncing needle as well? 914s do...

Diederick, you can also try Tacho Thomas < http://www.tacho-thomas.de > in Germany.
His work is really nice, as you can see under "Tachometer und Instrumente" and "Einzelstücke".

He is doing a 8000 rpm razoredge revcounter for me, because the scale of my original one ends at 6000 rpm. I can highly recommend him.
Cheers,

Georg

Thanks georg! I sent him an email through his website.
Hope he replies soon :)

Not sure. I know the 356 tach in the Slingle Cab is a bouncy one... but I kind of like it :)

http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,7762.0.html

jeez george, this guy is taking long. i sent him an email right away and another 5 since and he will let me know next week IF he can do it...

What John said that I said ;D

NH Speedometer...

~DR.

it is kind of a hassle sending it back to the US, especially getting it back in time...
but i might just look into it. ;)

AssHull took apart his 68-69 911 tach last night and the switch from 4 to 6 wasn't exactly self explanitory. He's going to drop it off to a gauge place in Phoenix for the conversion.

i've got exactly the same tach lying around here, already took the glass off. if you can give me any info on the conversion that would be appreciated! there is literally nothing to find about it on google...

x3, they did my 911 tach in 1979.

just sent them an email too. i'm getting tired of waiting ;)

The place in Phoenix wanted $250 for the conversion! That was more than the tach!! We're going to give North Hollywood a jingle...

i'm going to send the tach to NH today.
i think they wanted $130

Haha we're doing the same ;)

Good move guys.

~DR.

Dave and john, do you think they could take a ghia clock and turn into tach ?

danny just paint a needle on it and make engine noises with your mouth

Danny,

I think it's worth asking.

Over the years, I've had them rebuild some of my moldy old 6V 356 gauges with modern 12V electronics.

I like the idea... let us know what you come up with.

~DR.