Originally Posted by R Bedell (Post 324462)

David Kirk use to sell a Analog Tach that would nicely fit into the Dash Panel of a Cub Cadet. He had these specially made up for him. Due to the "lack of enthusiasm, and poor sales, he discontinued offering that product. I have looked and looked myself, and can't find a good analog tach that was comparable. Now there are several "digital tachs" (ie: Sentac, Tiny Tach, etc) that can be used.

Originally Posted by 64fleetside (Post 324832)

Shoot man, what doesn't cost a Benjamin these days....

Originally Posted by twoton (Post 324878)

This is the closest I found,

http://www.egauges.com/SearchResults...&Submit=Search

Originally Posted by twoton (Post 324930)

You notice that in Dave Kirk’s,” Building a Hot-Rod Kohler K301”;

http://www.kirkengines.com/downloads...ohlerPartI.pdf

On the bottom of page 11, “This shows the right side of the engine where the Mercury outboard voltage regulator replaces the stock item. This contains the tach driver circuitry for the instrument panelmounted Datcon tachometer.”

I believe that different tachs are triggered by different means. Some like a timing light, “inductive tachs” may be listed as being for 2,4,6 or 8 cylinder engines but may, ( Please correct me if I'm wrong here) be used in other cylinder configurations, like single cylinder, as long as it is being triggered from the proper source.

There’s this one,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VDO-Cockpit-...-/251504700247



don’t know how these are triggered.

And from Datcon;

http://www.datcon.com/en-US/Products...chometers.aspx

part way down on the page, P/N 106461.

Originally Posted by R Bedell (Post 325522)

When a Vendor makes a part (or product) for a "Private Label" it is not uncommon to use a Part Number designated by the Private Label or use none at all. This may not bare any fruit.

Originally Posted by R Bedell (Post 325522)

When a Vendor makes a part (or product) for a "Private Label" it is not uncommon to use a Part Number designated by the Private Label or use none at all. This may not bare any fruit.

Originally Posted by jimbob200521 (Post 325628)

Couldn't a guy wire up a generic tach that would register on our Cubs and then take the face off and print/install a new label so it "reads" correctly? For example (accurate numbers are not about to be recited), a tach for a V6 would read 1/3 of what our engines are actually at. So, take the face off, print a new label that's adjusted for the 1/3 difference, and violla; a single cylinder tach. K.I.S.S., right? :bigthink:

Originally Posted by darryljs (Post 325686)

This one is supposed to work for a 1 to 10 cylinder, it's 2 1/16" and $56.99 with free shipping.
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I ordered this one to see if it works on our cubs. http://www.ebay.com/itm/291162356660...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I also ordered a couple of really inexpensive tachs that I am going to see if I can modify them to work on a one cylinder engine with a coil, like on a Kohler. All that's needed, is to change a resister value for the pulse signal. Might take a while, but I'll let you all know how it works out. If it does work, it would be only $25 or $30 for a tach. I had gotten one of those digitals, like the Tiny Tach, but I don't like it. Just seems to lag behind the RPM's.

Originally Posted by jimbob200521 (Post 325628)

Couldn't a guy wire up a generic tach that would register on our Cubs and then take the face off and print/install a new label so it "reads" correctly? For example (accurate numbers are not about to be recited), a tach for a V6 would read 1/3 of what our engines are actually at. So, take the face off, print a new label that's adjusted for the 1/3 difference, and violla; a single cylinder tach. K.I.S.S., right? :bigthink: