Sun Jul 31, 2016 2:05 pm by nikkinutshop
I like that drive conversion from Dakota digital. Does it require 12 volts?
I have built mechanical tach drives. A modern e-tachometer is so much better than the old m- tachometers.
There is very few good and practical reasons to do much of the stuff I do, really. I wanted a mechanical tachometer just for the charm of the bouncing needle. I would like to make a mechanical drive for a tachometer for the Old IHC motors.
Something in a cam drive off the front of the motor is what I am thinking. For me it is just time and the satisfaction of doing something out of the ordinary.
I have a design in mind for a mechanical tachometer drive to fit my Ruston Hornsby Diesel engine. The tachometer I bought in a garage sale is a reverse rotation, 0-500 rpm Stewart Warner with a 5 inch face. Do I need this tachometer? Absolutely not for any practical reason. For me it is all about the challenge that goes with making it work.
Our R120 with the 6.9 Diesel had my mechanical drive design. Our Cummins 4bta has a mechanical tachometer drive of my design. Pictures are posted on this forum along with YouTube links.
Sadly, the old Stewart Warner cable drive stuff is nearly impossible to find used. The new parts are expensive for SW or SS white components. A person is looking at about $300-$500 for the bits and pieces.
I still have a box of this old stuff, but, probably not the right pieces to complete a system.
I bought a zero to four thousand rpm electric tachometer for my 24 valve Cummins engine that will ultimately power a crewcab "R" 4X4.
So, I'm off to the garage for some more R and R after a short ride on my motorcycle.
I would rather have tools I do not need than to need tools I do not have
Artificial intelligence is no match for real stupidity....