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Retrofitting a VDO Tach Into a Vintage Mustang » MCP-WOR-1103-TACH-PIX-04

Amazingly, the entire circuit of operational power ran through the tach. That means that the pulses that ran through the ignition switch and on to the coil ran through the tach. It’s amazing that it lasted as long as it did.

Amazingly, the entire circuit of operational power ran through the tach. That means that the pulses that ran through the ignition switch and on to the coil ran through the tach. It’s amazing that it lasted as long as it did.

Held in with rivets, the stock “bridge” is removed from the face by driving the rivets out using a hammer and punch. This job is done as gently as possible because too much hammering can cause damage to the thin metal.
VDO has a long history of producing highly accurate and tough instrumentation. This tachometer carries on a tradition of fine instruments that started way back in 1920s Frankfurt, Germany.

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