Tach reading 1000rpm too high?

mamm7215

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Boat starts and runs fine, electrical all seems good, battery charges to 14-15v at speed so I'm thinking bad tach? It's original on the boat so it wouldn't surprise me...Just putting this out there...
 

Will Bark

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Re: Tach reading 1000rpm too high?

How do you know the reading is wrong; are you checking with another tach? You could clean all connections on tach and then under the cowl; look for the gray wire and clean its connection. Maybe that's all that's wrong with it; my connections on the back of the tach were flaky and needed to cleaning to correct but my needle was moving all over the place. Good luck
 

boobie

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Re: Tach reading 1000rpm too high?

You didn't post your model # but the tach could be set on the wrong position.
 

mamm7215

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Re: Tach reading 1000rpm too high?

Model is j90tlcim. The tach was working fine. Now when I shut it off it doesn't go to 0 just stays at about 1100, and goes to about 2000 when I start it. Connections are tight and clean.
 

boobie

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Re: Tach reading 1000rpm too high?

Sounds like a bad tach.
 

Fed

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Re: Tach reading 1000rpm too high?

All my tachos have stopped at whatever rpm they were running at, go & turn the key switch to ON, it should zero then stay there when you turn it off.
 

mamm7215

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Re: Tach reading 1000rpm too high?

Right, when I do this it stays at 1000
 

Fed

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Re: Tach reading 1000rpm too high?

It sure does sound like a bad tach, when you switch the key to the ON position do you get 12 Volts between the Purple & Black at the back of the tacho?
 

mamm7215

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Re: Tach reading 1000rpm too high?

Right, when I do this it stays at 1000
 

mamm7215

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Re: Tach reading 1000rpm too high?

d'oh sorry for the double post, I'm away from home right now, I'll try this when I get back. But yeah, I'm pretty sure it's a bad tach...
 
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