Need advice on testing and repair of 1977 280z tach. Mine has beemn stuck at 3000 rpm and did not move at all. I have it out of the dash and need advice about how to test and or repair.  Thanks, JCB

http://www.hampspeedometer.com/. Don't know how far away you are from Atlanta but several told they have used his services with satifactory results.

That's in my neck of the woods. How about that? I'll have to remember that one.

esmit208, Thanks for the link. I have the tach out and am going to try the repair that is shown on  Z driver.com. If that will not do it I will try your link.  Thanks again, JCB

4 hours ago, jcb said:

esmit208, Thanks for the link. I have the tach out and am going to try the repair that is shown on  Z driver.com. If that will not do it I will try your link.  Thanks again, JCB

Sure, anytime. I'm actually looking at replacing as many of mine as possible. The look is cool but the technology will just get more and more dated and unuseable.

 

I personally just replaced mine om 77 with a 5 inch digital tach works great mind you I had to do some mods to make it fit but it wasn't hard

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D280Z, What brand of tach did you use and what mod did you have to do to make it work? That might be the best thing  for me to do. Thanks, John

I think it was a auto meter but don't think the brand would change much and all I did was use a old extra stock mounting cage I had from dead speedometer or tach the both the same and used a dremel tool cut out the back of said cage but leave the stock mounting holes and a fix the new tach in that cage then remount it as it did in the first place took me a couple hrs you just need to be a little crafty is all.

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OK Thanks, I may need to go that way

Be sure to look at where your for the tachometer comes from I can't Remeber if a stock ignition will work I have a electronic one and optic distributor . Something to look into

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Take a look,at this vendor , expensive but a nice modern upgrade http://www.defi-shop.com/mobile/

I recommend the capacitor fix from zdriver .com. Even with my terrible soldering skills, I was able to get my tachometer working again for just a few dollars.