for those of you wanting to put in a tach

[towcat]

I saw a post in the wanted section for a factory tach. Here's a sugestion I have. Dakota Digital makes a pretty reliable translator unit where you can run any gasser tach to it's output. I know OEM looks better but spending $300 imho is nuts. I did this on a GM diesel where there was no tach option for years.
here's the link to the product.....
http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.cfm/ ... prd129.htm
here's the link with pics where a ford tach sensor was grafted into a 6bt.
my link for Dakota Digital is post #21.
http://www.oilburners.net/forums/showthread.php?t=24463

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[PToombs]

This is old news, it's been posted a few times before.
Thanks for thinking of us though!

[towcat]

my bad.
i should have checked the search feature first.
i'll keep that in mind in the future.

[NOMOFO]

Westach built me a tach that worked with the factory wiring about 7 or 8 years ago.

[ford69557ci]

MSD makes a new tach adapter now that can supposedly clamp over the factory tach wire and make a signal to run a gasser tach.http://msdignition.com/Products/Accesso ... ickup.aspx
It says to hook it to a diesel injector wire, but I wonder if it could run off of the alt?