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jdlmodelt
post Jan 6 2013, 10:57 PM
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What drives the tachometer in the 72 914?
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r3dplanet
post Jan 6 2013, 11:37 PM
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Elves.

It's actually just a simple gear inside the transmission that rotates a cable. Old school.

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What drives the tachometer in the 72 914?

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post Jan 6 2013, 11:52 PM
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QUOTE(r3dplanet @ Jan 6 2013, 09:37 PM) *

Elves.

It's actually just a simple gear inside the transmission that rotates a cable. Old school.

-m.


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What drives the tachometer in the 72 914?


The speedometer is cable-driven, not the tach. Or maybe the earlier cars had a mechanical tach?
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