February 19, 2005

I was tinkering about a bit and decided to connect the tacho sensor. I got a 12" extension from Van’s, and it turned out to be exactly the same as the 24" one I got from Spruce, except it was 12" shorter. Fancy that! So now I had it all figured out. I had to dismantle the fittings off the sensor to connect the tach extension to it! I ended up using the longer one of the two anyway, as it was a little more flexible (both in bendiness and locatability (is that even a word?)). Here’s the engine end. I need to get the standby alternator on to really come up with a good routing and sensor location.

Here’s the sensor itself. I was thinking I could attach it to the engine mount somewhere. At least then it’ll be easy to get to when it fails and needs replacement. I hear these fail quite often.