Date:         Fri, 20 Apr 2001 15:34:49 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: tach still sticking
Comments: To: jpalmer@MB.SYMPATICO.CA
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Sigh...it probably has gotten a whisker of steel stuck in the magnet
gap.  If not then there is something else interfering mechanically with
it.  Your dropped lightbulb didn't go *inside* the tach, did it?

You're not going to enjoy fixing this...

david

At 03:31 PM 4/20/2001, Jeff Palmer wrote:
>I removed the instrument cluster to change the light bulb behind
>my digital clock yesterday.  when i reconnected the tach it
>seems stuck at about 1000 and won't rest at 0.  it also
>hesitates when accelerating, as if it's stuck or not.  any
>solutions?  is there a problem with the connection, or is it
>something in the instrument itself causing it to stick?
>everything else is working normally (including the digital
>clock, now illuminated).

David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
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