Installing Tach.

Drive02Lancer · Jul 11, 2004, 05:21 PM

i MIGHT install a Tach. into my Lancer, but its an Auto...but my Tach doesnt work....but idunno im still thinkin about it...

if i do...what wire would i tap it into?

thanks

...and i dont wanna see "auto with a tach...thats gay" or **** like that...i dont tell u what to do...

CulebraLancer · Jul 11, 2004, 07:30 PM

Im a newbie what exactly does a tach do? Isnt that the guage that tells u when to shift to a new gear when u have manual?

Drive02Lancer · Jul 11, 2004, 07:47 PM

sort of...

a tachometer just tells you what RPMs the engine is at. And mine on my stock cluster is broken...along with almost everything else on the stock cluster cuz i tried to change the bulbs to blue...haha it sucks...sticky/jumpy speedo needle and the fuel/temp needles are always at HOTT/FULL regardless and my RPM goes to 1k when im redlining my car...cuz im floorin it and it shifts so i know its near redline.

if the guy on here sells his lancer im gonna buy his white face guages and hvac covers off of him, and at that point im either gonna try to fix my current cluster or visit a junkyard and grab one.

i think ill just look for that huge s-afc thread, one of those are in the future for my car to...so...ill see what the RPM signal is on there and have at it with the Tach.

no one replyed...i guess cuz they all would of said its gay...haha, oh well, ill have an a/f guage and volt gauge on my pillar and a tach on the dash, and a tv/ps2 also...i'll like it damnit

pumpdog720 · Jul 11, 2004, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Drive02Lancer

sort of...

a tachometer just tells you what RPMs the engine is at. And mine on my stock cluster is broken...along with almost everything else on the stock cluster cuz i tried to change the bulbs to blue...haha it sucks...sticky/jumpy speedo needle and the fuel/temp needles are always at HOTT/FULL regardless and my RPM goes to 1k when im redlining my car...cuz im floorin it and it shifts so i know its near redline.

if the guy on here sells his lancer im gonna buy his white face guages and hvac covers off of him, and at that point im either gonna try to fix my current cluster or visit a junkyard and grab one.

i think ill just look for that huge s-afc thread, one of those are in the future for my car to...so...ill see what the RPM signal is on there and have at it with the Tach.

no one replyed...i guess cuz they all would of said its gay...haha, oh well, ill have an a/f guage and volt gauge on my pillar and a tach on the dash, and a tv/ps2 also...i'll like it damnit

To fix your needles. Pop off each little black circle pieces that cover all the needles (it is seperate from the orange needle). Shave down the back of them, that is where it is probably sticking. A good way of doing that is take a razor blade and start from the opening of the little black cover piece and cut around it so it is shorter and won't rub. Be careful not to cut yourself. You might have to take a lot of it off. Just go a little at a time and put it back on and put the car on and see if they work. You don't have to put the whole gauge cluster back in and screwed in just leave it out until you get all the black covers shaved down and finish testing them.

Let me know if that works.

Drive02Lancer · Jul 12, 2004, 12:01 PM

thanks ill def try that!!

**HobieKopek** · Jul 12, 2004, 03:16 PM

Your gauge face probably isn't clicked into place. It snaps in when it's done correctly. That or you may have pushed the needle thingy (the whole black circular part) down too far. Just raise it up a little so it moves freely. If you move it with the gauges disconnected the motor will turn it back to rest. All the needles should do this if they're in place correctly. I'm not sure I worded that so that it makes sense to someone else, but in my mind it does!

(I've had a good bit of experience with disassembling and resassumbling the gauge cluster.)

CCu5toMz_RJ · Jul 20, 2004, 01:05 AM

I remember when i first got my tach like a couple of weeks ago...i had no clue how to put it on...but of course i figured it out...THAT IS PROLLY the easiest thing u can INSTALL on a LANCER, anybody having problems trying to figure out how to install one...Email me or I'll just tell ya on here! ITS EASY! believe me! u will hit urself after knowing what i found out...lol
Ricky

Drive02Lancer · Jul 20, 2004, 02:28 PM

i got the gauges working and its great now, however i haven't done the tach yet...and i dont think i will...

i also think i blew up my TV haha, i blew the fuse it was connected to....havent had much time to play with the TV between working 2 jobs however. but i hope i didnt blow it up, that'd suck.

i wanna sell my lancer cuz i want a camaro, i always have...but i bought the lancer when i could afford a car...dunno why? haha, it is a fun car to drive, just a 93+ camaro has been my dream car..since 93...and i was only 8 than, but now im older, and want a 95 1/2-97 camaro....same body style, just bigger engine, 200hp and 225 ftlbs torque hehe.

k im done now, later all

jaapine · Jul 21, 2004, 09:38 AM

I was trying to install my shift light, but cannot find the right wire. can u help?

CCu5toMz_RJ · Jul 21, 2004, 11:34 AM

Jappine, What wires have you installed already????