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Tachometer Installation
02/20/16 at 16:39:31

Hello everyone, I have purchased a four wire tachometer from Ryca

http://shop.rycamotors.com/mini_tachometer.html

I'm wondering if anyone knows of a video or a in depth tutorial of how to install this thing? I read up some on ignition coils and such but find myself a bit confused at the moment... any help is very very very much appreciated! Thanks! Smiley

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Tachometer Installation Reply #1 - 02/20/16 at 17:08:14 this should help... http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1409022095/0#0
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savagegreenhorn7 YaBB Newbies Offline Waka waka! Posts: 41 Oakland, CA Gender:	Re: Tachometer Installation Reply #2 - 02/21/16 at 08:14:25 Awesome yes that's very helpful, just to clarify am I seeing the ground wire wrapped around that screw? And the other wires just slid into the spade connectors? Is that gonna hold? Is there any soldering involved? Seems almost too easy...
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Todd James Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 238 Mansfield, Ohio Gender:	Re: Tachometer Installation Reply #3 - 02/21/16 at 12:35:37 Ground Wire: Yes, I wrapped it around the screw. But a better way would be to crimp a ring terminal on the end of the wire and put the ring terminal under the screw. Other Wires: Yes, I slid them into the spade connectors. I've been running with all the wires as you see them in the photo with no problems for 3 years now.
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savagegreenhorn7 YaBB Newbies Offline Waka waka! Posts: 41 Oakland, CA Gender:	Re: Tachometer Installation Reply #4 - 02/21/16 at 13:29:42 awesome, all sounds doable, thanks Todd.
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Re: Tachometer Installation
Reply #5 - 02/21/16 at 19:03:10

Wow that was not as easy as I thought it would be, but still I got her hooked up, just one issue now... the ground wire is just barely hanging on to ground screw, it's quite flush so it's very hard to wrap it. Also that screw is in there TIGHT darn near stripped it trying to remove it... anyone have a tip on a way to attach that? Solder didn't work and was probably a dumb idea...

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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Tachometer Installation Reply #6 - 02/21/16 at 19:16:19 Try a longer screw?
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Re: Tachometer Installation
Reply #7 - 02/21/16 at 19:40:11

I'm sorry if I wasn't clear about how I attached the ground wire.
The picture makes it look like the wire is wrapped around the head
of the screw, but it is actually underneath the head.

I loosened the screw enough to wrap the wire underneath it then
tightened the screw back down.
The wire you see in the picture is the little bit that squished out
from under the screw head when it was tightened down.

Be careful to use the right screwdriver when you try to loosen it.
That's a JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) screw head, not a
standard Phillips head. If you don't have the proper JIS screwdriver
then file off the pointy tip of a Phillips screwdriver until it fits
all the way down snuggly into the screw head.

That screw has thread locker on the threads so it will be hard to remove.
Try rapping the screw driver with a hammer to loosen it.

As an alternative, find another place to ground the wire to the frame.

Put a ring tongue terminal on the wire for a more professional job.

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old.indian Serious Thumper Offline Fighting Foreign Terrorism since 1492 Posts: 975 Central New Mexico Gender:	Re: Tachometer Installation Reply #8 - 02/21/16 at 20:51:56 As an FYI RYCA owes you a commission as I just placed an order for a tachometer for myself based on the information in this thread..
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savagegreenhorn7 YaBB Newbies Offline Waka waka! Posts: 41 Oakland, CA Gender:	Re: Tachometer Installation Reply #9 - 02/21/16 at 21:05:08 Yeah its stripped now.... don't know what to do now
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Todd James Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 238 Mansfield, Ohio Gender:	Re: Tachometer Installation Reply #10 - 02/21/16 at 21:43:31 If you don't need to remove the coil for some other reason, then it's probably not worth your effort to resort to other measures to remove the screw at this time. I'd find another location on the frame for the ground wire. You'll probably need to splice in a longer length of wire to reach whatever location you choose.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Tachometer Installation Reply #11 - 02/22/16 at 07:11:29 For stripped Phillips (or JIS) screws, I cut a slot with a hacksaw or Dremel and try to unscrew it with a flat head screwdriver. Be careful though! Once you cut the slot, there's no going back. Make sure sure absolutely no way to remove it with your JIS or Phillips driver.
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: Tachometer Installation Reply #12 - 02/22/16 at 08:44:00 That's the method i use, too, but with a cuttoff wheel on an angle grinder That is if a chisel on the edge isn't an option often you can apply a chisel to the side of a stripped screw and turn it with a hammer and chisel, IF there is room to do so I like my air hammer for this
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