Tiny Tach is in!

[scrambled]

I have had a diesel Tiny Tach for months now and finally got tired of looking at the package on my dresser. 30 minutes later it is installed! I hooked it up to the #1 fuel line and it is reading 650 rpms at idle. It reads 950 at high idle. I can't wait to hit the highway this afternoon to see what 55 looks like.

 

[cfish]

Thats slick. Where did you get it? And have you hit the highway yet????

 

[wallew]

SWEEET!!

I've always wanted a tach that I could mount that would not intrude into the cab and draw attention to that.

THAT DIESEL TINY TACH will be just the ticket.

thank you very much...

 

[SGT Estum]

Very, very cool.

 

[scrambled]

Just got back from a grocery run and took the highway to show the world how fast an M1008 goes.

Stock trans,transfer,gears with 37 goodyear MT tires:

60 mph (tomtom) 60 Speedo 2700 RPMs and singing like a sewing machine

Speeds under 45 by the gps were off on the speedo.
35 gps was 37 speedo
20 gps was 25 speedo

at about 55 it started to mesh the speedo and the tomtom.

With 235 tires, exactly how slow did the truck go when going 55 on the speedo? It explains why everyone on the highway was honking at me...

 

[scrambled]

oh yeah,
Tiny-Tach: Diesel Tachometers

 

[cessnatwin]

Ok wow, you are getting to what I have been looking for to put in my gama goat, which has a 3 cyl diesel. Can you tell us a little about this tiny tach, how many cylinders, model #'s ect.. I think you have a good number of us paying attention!

 

[MuleMac01]

WOW i might get this

 

[dstang97]

Just got back from a grocery run and took the highway to show the world how fast an M1008 goes.

Stock trans,transfer,gears with 37 goodyear MT tires:

60 mph (tomtom) 60 Speedo 2700 RPMs and singing like a sewing machine

Speeds under 45 by the gps were off on the speedo.
35 gps was 37 speedo
20 gps was 25 speedo

at about 55 it started to mesh the speedo and the tomtom.

With 235 tires, exactly how slow did the truck go when going 55 on the speedo? It explains why everyone on the highway was honking at me...

wow 2700 @60
can you report back @65 and 70 mph

 

[67_C-30]

Very cool! I will definitely be getting one of those to see what both of my 6.2 trucks are turning!

 

[OL AG '89]

Very cool. Im going on a search now

 

[WackoJacko85]

This makes me want to get my M1009 going again, so i can put one these in.

 

[cucv1833]

nice. i was researching that earlier. i will get one soon and probaly mount it in the same place i have other gauges in that area. i really dont need it but will get it anyway once i fix a few other problems.

 

[scrambled]

You should be able to install this tach on any number of cylinders, as it reads the pulses going to the injector. The diesel has to have either 1/4 or 6mm fuel lines.

I don't think I want to go 65 or 70 to check the rpms. It would be in the neighborhood of 3 grand and I only want to hit that when I am planning on throwing the bottom end out on the ground.

 

[dstang97]

are you running 37's or stock tires?

 

[cessnatwin]

Is there multiple model #'s or many different ones. I saw them on ebay but each listed for a different type of application.

 

[Tanner]

You should be able to install this tach on any number of cylinders, as it reads the pulses going to the injector. The diesel has to have either 1/4 or 6mm fuel lines.

I don't think I want to go 65 or 70 to check the rpms. It would be in the neighborhood of 3 grand and I only want to hit that when I am planning on throwing the bottom end out on the ground.

Unless the engine is in rough mechanical shape or on it's last legs, it should see a redline of 3600rpm... but after about 2400-2500rpm, you're losing power & wasting fuel. IIRC, max torque occurs in 1800-2200rpm range on a 6.2 -

'Tanner'

 

[Matt65]

"There is lots of information to be found here on SS; some of it is even accurate..."

 

[b4thundr]

awwww come on i wanna see if the oil pan will hold the parts in!!!

 

[aspann]

What size fuel line does the m1008 have? 1/4 or 6mm lines or do some have one and others the other.