what did i mess up

brogden31

Petty Officer 2nd Class
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my #2 spark plug wire came loose and sparked on the coil on my 4cly merc now tach wont work right but boat still runs perfect what does tach get the sig from
 

friendly_jacek

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Re: what did i mess up

It's very easy to kill a tach. Once I had the ground wires on battery loose (on the brand new boat from marina!) and sparked enough to kill the tach. The replacement tach (warranty) was good only for a few months (with no sparks that I could find). But the third one was the charm.
 

Bondo

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Re: what did i mess up

Ayuh,.....

The Tach is driven from the (-) side of the Coil,.....
And it runs on 12Vs,.....
I gotta believe you Smoked it by feeding it 20,000+Volts......
 

brogden31

Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Re: what did i mess up

yeh it makes sense only a few thousand volts to many
 
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