Ebay Tacho for America - how to install.

Discussion in 'America, Speedmaster & Rocket' started by MrOrange, Sep 8, 2016.

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  1. MrOrange

    MrOrange Guest

    #1 MrOrange, Sep 8, 2016
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    Started a new thread, as suggested.

    Here is a wiring diagram to fit one of the £6.69 Chinese tacho, available from Ebay.

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    I am currently waiting on delivery of all the components, and will in time get a 'kit' of parts together and make up a plug and play solution. Priced to cover my costs only.

    Please feel free to take this info and make your own up.

    Link to pins
    Link to resistors
    Link to diode
    Link to piggybacks
     
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  2. TEZ 217

    TEZ 217 Crème de la Crème

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    #2 TEZ 217, Sep 15, 2016
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    I have the Tacho and the wiring kit FOR SALE plus instructions !!!
    Bought it for my 2014 America but sold bike before I could fit it, :mad::mad:
    Cost me 6.69 plus 15 wiring total of 21.69 looking to get my money back
    So save yourself the waiting time from china !!!
    Sold as seen and buyer pays postage costs, no takers it going on ebay for a little more !!!
     
  3. Scoot65

    Scoot65 Well-Known Member

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    #3 Scoot65, Sep 15, 2016
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    Tez, don't tell me you bought one of those wiring 'kits' knocked up by the David Lawrence Jones?
    :eek::eek:
     
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  4. TEZ 217

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    #4 TEZ 217, Sep 15, 2016
    I refuse to answer that SCOOT as a simple YES would not be fully answering your question in a way that would see me coming out fully SANE.
    ENOUGH SAID !!!;);)
     
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  5. Scoot65

    Scoot65 Well-Known Member

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    #5 Scoot65, Sep 15, 2016
    Erm...Ok........ I think it's best to leave it at that! :D:confused:
     
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  6. TEZ 217

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    #6 TEZ 217, Sep 15, 2016
    Thankyou Sir .... Anyway your to close to throw stones o_Oo_O
     
  7. MrOrange

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    #7 MrOrange, Sep 18, 2016
    I am totally fecked off with this job. Got my new tachograph, still can't get the fecking thing to work. I know what is drawn above should work, but just can't get a signal to the tachograph. :mad:
    The 'adapter' is identical to someone else's, but just will not work on my bike.

    If someone fancies having a go, I will send them a kit of parts for nowt! Only thing required, is that if they get it working, they come on here and share.
     
  8. Scoot65

    Scoot65 Well-Known Member

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    #8 Scoot65, Sep 18, 2016
    Could it be the tacho itself? Maybe it's just too cheaply made and is faulty????
     
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  9. MrOrange

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    #9 MrOrange, Sep 18, 2016
    Could be, I'm just fed up trying to get this working. Spent loads of time and a few quid trying to get this sorted.
     
  10. TEZ 217

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    #10 TEZ 217, Sep 18, 2016
    Knaw the feelin Ron !!! lol
    :p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p
     
  11. TBA865

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    #11 TBA865, Sep 21, 2016
    Perhaps the harness adapter thingy from that David bloke ain't quite so bad after all. He has obviously done all the trial & area malarkey & the ones he sells actually work.
     
  12. TEZ 217

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    #12 TEZ 217, Sep 21, 2016
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    I have one from DLJ but unfortunately I didnt get the chance to fit or try it before I changed my bike !!
    Tacho and wire available !!
    I believe Mr O's wiring harness was based on the exact same principal DLJ's was !!
     
  13. MrOrange

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    #13 MrOrange, Sep 22, 2016
    Thanks Half Ton, but already seen a DLJ 'adapter' and been sent a full set of his garbled instructions, my diagram above is same as his solution, and the same as the solution, I found and posted on the other thread (within 10 minutes of calling him out on this), just 2 x diodes and 2 x 100k ohm resistors, that's it.

    No development, no trials, not rocket science, just taken off the internet and used to make some money for himself. The only difference is, I have made it easy to understand, so that all can see, not keeping secrets for personal gain.

    The knowledge is out there, just took 10 minutes of searching to find it, which he did admit to. The hard part is getting all the pieces together and getting the correct pins to go into the multiplug (which DLJ did not get the right pins, which should lock in, see my link on the 1st post for the correct pins), took me ages to find the correct oem one's from RS to fit our multiplugs.

    I have no idea why it won't work on my bike, but am, as I said, willing to supply a kit to someone else for free, for them to try. Maybe I have been sent 2 duff tacho's from china ???? I just don't know the answer.
     
  14. TEZ 217

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    #14 TEZ 217, Sep 22, 2016
    EXCELLENT SUGGESTION HALFTON --- SITS BACK AND WAITS FOR THE POUNDS TO ROLL IN !!!:rolleyes::rolleyes:
    (Thats where I'm going wrong- thinks a while o_O )

    BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY AWAITS BUDDING ENTREPRENEUR
    Make massive profits, for a very small outlay and very little work.
    please contact TEZ via - thetriumphforum - For a devilish plan :p:p

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  15. Lud

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    #15 Lud, Oct 15, 2016
    I ordered kit as well and two rev counters neither would work ! also spoke to another triumph owner on ride out yesterday who had bought kit that did not work either have bit the bullet and ordered new from triumph now (wish I had done so in beginning)
     
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  16. Andy_S

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    #16 Andy_S, Oct 15, 2016
    I've fitted a tacho and it works fine. I know these tachos are cheep but for so many to be faulty seems excessive. Don't bite my head off for suggesting this but are people connecting to the correct side of the coils? Do the ones that don't work do anything at all or even light up? The principle works so why so many installations don't seems odd.
    Andy
     
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  17. Lud

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    #17 Lud, Oct 15, 2016
    yes thought that tested with multi meter have feed to counter (it lights up) did connect to the two wires on coil with stripe in them as per instructions
     
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    #18 J911, Apr 7, 2017
    Hi MrOrange, do you still have your wiring sketch available?
    thks in avance
     
  19. TEZ 217

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    #19 TEZ 217, Apr 7, 2017
    Mr O should be along shortly, If he doesn't then I have the one he sent to me, together with a wiring kit and the actual tacho all unused. (part ex'ed my America before attempting to fit)
     
  20. MrOrange

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    #20 MrOrange, Apr 7, 2017
    Yes, will dig it out. ;)

    Never got them to work, even using the bought kit from a now ex-member. :(:mad:

    Have 2 tacho sat in the garage. In fact still on the bike, never got round to removing it. :D
     
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