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Tachometer Help!
I have a 1985
perkins 4.108
it has a new tach. and a rebuilt alt. the tach is reading higher than it should what should I be looking at to fix?
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Re: tachometer help!
Should be an adjustment knob on the back of the tach that will allow you to set to the correct
RPM
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Re: tachometer help!
You need to determine the correct RPMs with a
photo
tach and adjust the tach accordingly.
Here us what we did.
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Re: tachometer help!
Thanks for the help !!! all fixed up now
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