tach on '75 merc 500

joblo33

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Hi,<br />Is there a way to temporarily hook up a automotive tach to the three prong plug on my merc's control box? I just need to do some troubleshooting and don't want to go buy an expensive merc tach.<br />Eric
 

Nos4r2

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Re: tach on '75 merc 500

Don't think so-I wanted to do a similar thing a while back with a normal 2-stroke tach and was told it probably wouldn't work. If you can lay your hands on a real good automotive timing strobe you can get your rpms from that though.
 

joblo33

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Re: tach on '75 merc 500

Good idea. I didn't even think of that and I just spent $100 on a timing light.
 
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