I got My Tach!!!!

[1PhatCX]

yea i got my tach today, found an 88 wagovan with it lol. it looks awesome and it works awesomely i just need to fix my speedo-cable or go get yet ANOTHER one but ah well, i got a tach so its all good now lol
heres some pics

just had the key at the "on" positon but not started yet just so everyone can see the lights work lol

see... i got a tach now hehe

need to change the mileage on it to match my old one lol.

ok, now the cars on lol

just idleing... btw... is this normal?? my car was really cold too so maybe it needs 2 warm up first


and now... the pics of the old piece of crap! lol


there u guys go, enjoy lol

[seth 90DX/ZC]

Ummm... Your cars not soposed to idle @ 1500-1600 Rpms dude... Unless you have some pretty hardcore mods.

[Tony]

well, mine idles as the same amount when it first starts up, after awhile it will go down to about 1k, sometimes lower.

hey man, changing your odometer is real easy to do. You can either change out the whole odometer, or I think use MyFirst4G's way, which i forgot completely.

[1PhatCX]

yea I think it was because it was really cold this morning tho and it hasnt been started for a day or 2. when i try it tonight i might see if it goes down first, if not i'll try to do my timing and get it down. and who said i dont have any heavy mods? lol i think its the blue valvecover thats makin it idle so high lmao! as for the odometer... i'm gonna use the drill method beacause its like 30,000 away from what i should have on it

edit: forgot to add, i think my speedo will work now too, gotta wait till tonight to see if it'll work or not lol
oh yea, and where is the idle adjustment screw??

[90civicrider]

A high idle like that usually means you have a vacumm leak.

The new guages are looking alot better than the old ones!
btw-rolling back the spedo is really hard. You have to completly take it apart, pop out the numbers, and put them back in. gotta be carfull tho, or else the numbers wont line up, and thats a big givaway.

[1PhatCX]

Originally posted by 90civicrider
A high idle like that usually means you have a vacumm leak.

The new guages are looking alot better than the old ones!
btw-rolling back the spedo is really hard. You have to completly take it apart, pop out the numbers, and put them back in. gotta be carfull tho, or else the numbers wont line up, and thats a big givaway.

well i'll start looking for the vaccum leak tommorow if its nice out, no huge rush. as for the speedo, someone was talkin about using a drill on the other end of the speedo cable and doing it like that to roll it back, they said it takes awhile to do but oh well, dont think it should take THAT long lol, and besides... this cluster looks awesome and dont wanna take it apart lol

[GTA]

can you take the white face off your old cluster? If so you can swap out the whole speedo thing, thats how i got my miles right. Theres 4 screws on teh back behind it, unscrew them and your can tkae out the whole speedo and put in the new one.

[1PhatCX]

Originally posted by 88CiViC_DX
can you take the white face off your old cluster? If so you can swap out the whole speedo thing, thats how i got my miles right. Theres 4 screws on teh back behind it, unscrew them and your can tkae out the whole speedo and put in the new one.

yea i took my old cluster apart lastnight just cuz i was bored and put it back together lol, but my old cluster is fucked cuz of the fact i used paint thinner on it by accident, i dripped some, tried 2 wipe off and numbers kinda... vanished lol, and theres a hole in it so u can see thru it lol kinda cool but ah well, thats the whole reason for the white face gauges, (the thing is still one piece, its not a hole, just the black backing wiped off)

[Tony]

yea to change the odometer, just go to my homepage i got a how-to on exactly how to do it. it takes a whole 5 minutes at the most, because you don't have to switch the trip meter like i did.

[SiZ]

Originally posted by seth 90DX/ZC
Ummm... Your cars not soposed to idle @ 1500-1600 Rpms dude... Unless you have some pretty hardcore mods.

Ummmmmm... If you look at his temp guage you'll notice that his car isn't warm at all.. He probably just turned it on. Also, look at his location and realize that it was about -3 degrees celcius there.

Your idle is fine.

[1PhatCX]

Originally posted by SiZ


Ummmmmm... If you look at his temp guage you'll notice that his car isn't warm at all.. He probably just turned it on. Also, look at his location and realize that it was about -3 degrees celcius there.

Your idle is fine.

alright, thanx man, yea i did just start it for 2 seconds just for a pic, i think i might take it for a quick drive tonight to see if the speedos working or not and by then it should b warm and ideling properly. and it wasnt too bad today, like +5 celcius today when the pic was taken, its startin 2 rain and get cold now tho, ah well... snow melts with the Rain haha

[SiZ]

Ya, I'm in Waterloo right now and its snowing pretty good.

[1PhatCX]

man... that blows! they're sayin freezing rain here so i hope its only that and not snow... i'm sick of it lol but ur also on the other side of the lake and usually u guys get worse then us

[SyNFuL HaTcH]

hey congrat's on the tach. i now how u feel to have a tach now. i use to have the same cluster that didnt have a tach (dx cluster) but now with a tach i kno when to redline my gears incase any1 wants to pull up

[SiZ]

Originally posted by 1PhatCX
ur also on the other side of the lake and usually u guys get worse then us

There's a lake in between Waterloo and Hamilton?!