Tach stopped working

stanms

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1999 Mariah Shabah 186... one day while tooling around the tach just stopped working. Looks like the wiring is intact behind the tach itself. However I am really unsure exactly where the tach gets its signal back in the engine... IIs it right off the Distributor? It is a Mercruiser 4.3L 6 cyl. w/o fuel inj. Is it ia single wire from the distributor (or somewhere close) to the tach behind the dashboard? Please help.
 

stanms

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Re: Tach stopped working

Was that a post DangerDan or a mistake? It was blank on this end... try again? Thanks
 

DangerDan

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Re: Tach stopped working

Sorry,, I have the old points & condensor on my boat and the Tach works off of the coil. I would think that the newer electronic ignition distributors would have a terminal for the Tach.
 
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