By Norm Orschnorschki (Norm) on Monday, May 07, 2001 - 02:51 am: Edit

After changing out the thermostat and heater hoses on my '95 Disc. 5-speed, I noticed that the tachometer was out (coincidence?). Sometimes I get a momentary spike up on the tach when starting -- otherwise tach is dead. No other obvious problems.

As usual, neither the factory Workshop Manual nor the Electrical Troubleshooting Manual have any useful information that I can find.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Norm

By dave on Monday, May 07, 2001 - 04:54 am: Edit

You might have knocked the tach connection lose on the back of the alternator.

By Larry Harrell on Monday, May 07, 2001 - 07:20 am: Edit

Hey,
Your altenator is probably about to go out or has already gone out and you are running off the battery. If it is your altenator go to a place called Ameriparts and they will be able to give you the best deals on altenators, I got mine for $85.

Larry
95 Disco

By Jon on Monday, May 07, 2001 - 08:39 am: Edit

...but more than likely you knocked the tach lead loose on the distributor, because I did the same thing when I put a new thermostat in my truck. Just make sure the plugs clicks (or at least gives some feel of connecting to something) when you push it back on firmly.