how to use this tach

[wgonfanintx]

I have an old sears brand tach/points meter. which has two alligator clips, however I don't knwo how to use than dang thang, does any one?

[letank]

if you have 2 alligator clip... one to battery + and the other to the point distributor terminal on the coil, i guess you have a switch for point / tach

this is how mine work... but i had a 3 clip for the battery ground

Michel

[BIGYELLOW78J10]

Yeah, I have one as well. Don't remember the right hook up right now.

Good luck, maybe I'll find my set of directions this weekend and scan them for you. PM me about it to remind me.

Daniel

[ March 08, 2004, 02:10 PM: Message edited by: BIGYELLOW78J10 ]

[kreb]

mine works with the - battery terminal and the other connection to the + side of the coil

benjamin

[Bob Barry]

I've got an old Sun unit, and don't know how to hook it up yet. I was figuring on the battery and coil connection.

[carrotman]

If I told the twenty-somethings I had a tool for checking dwell, they would look at me like I had three heads. My old Sears dwell/tach has three alligator leads. The big red and black ones go on the battery. The small green one clips to the coil terminal that connects to the dizzy.

[Gambler68]

Originally posted by carrotman:
If I told the twenty-somethings I had a tool for checking dwell, they would look at me like I had three heads. My old Sears dwell/tach has three alligator leads. The big red and black ones go on the battery. The small green one clips to the coil terminal that connects to the dizzy.I'm a late 20 something that needs a tach like that..do you know where I can find one? -Ryan

[joe]

Ryan, any parts store still sells dwell/tachs. I just bought a new one a few months ago at Napa. In reference to carrotmans post you may want to ask one of the older counter persons for a dwell/tach. The ex-Burger King Asst managers there will prolly just give you that deer-in-the headlights look. ;)