where to mount tach? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

lawnboy1200 · 01-26-2005, 07:50 PM

I have a 89 ext pickup with a 22re with just the standard gauges (water temp, speed, and fuel) and i want to mount an aftermarket tach, but Im not sure where a good place to mount it would be and what kind to buy. Also, is installation very difficult, i plan on doing it myself and any help would be appreciated!

reb · 01-26-2005, 08:29 PM

I installed an aftermarket tach in my '85 when it was new. The factory manual showed the wiring for connecting the factory tach, but the wires were not in the harness. I am an electrical engineer, so I had no problems figuring where to connect it. I would suggest you figure that out before buying one. There used to be different types of pick-ups for tachs. If you can find one that clamps around a distributor wire, that would most likely be the easiest to use.

As for location--I strapped mine to the steering column in a location that did not block the view of the dash instruments.

lawnboy1200 · 01-29-2005, 11:53 AM

I found a sunpro 8,000rpm tach for about 50 bucks at autozone and was wondering if this was an ok deal and brand. Im still not sure where i should mount it (the tach im looking at is 3" diameter i believe) i was thinking about behind the wiper control arm on the right side under the instrument panel. thanks for the help!

JETACO · 01-29-2005, 11:59 PM

check out the line on autometer, they have so many brands like "phantom=which are white, cobalt= different colors". in my racecar i have all autometer phantom gauges and they are so awesome in the day and in the night. easy to install and are very reliable.

bradleyj1279 · 01-30-2005, 09:58 AM

I have an 88 pickup

(without tach

) and i mounted mine (2 & 3/4 inch, $35 at advance autoparts) to the left of the left vent (pointing out toward window) and its worked out great for me; i can see it clearly and its not blokcing my view of anything

mezcalyne · 01-31-2005, 10:38 AM

The sun-pros are good, I had one in my 85 pu, I have seen the smaller ones mounted under the upper lip around the instrument cluster to left side, it seems to work well and doesn't get in the way, I had a larger one and I put it on top of my instrument cluster to left a bit. as for wiring they aren't very complicated if you have any mechanical/electrical abilities, i ran mine before I knew what a coil was.

lawnboy1200 · 01-31-2005, 03:59 PM

thanks for all the help! Reb, where exactly did you put the tach, you said to the left of the left vent, but there isnt that much space there?! I assume you mounted it facing you? Thanks again!

BeechStreet · 02-01-2005, 11:40 AM

i have an 88 PU with the 22R and im also wanting to hook up a tach... anybody happen to know what wire i'd hook up to? also the location of it. thanks in advance

burned300 · 02-02-2005, 07:10 PM

I went the e-z route, I went to salvage yard & purchased a used gauge cluster with tach for my 1989 V6 extracab, MY truck was already wired for the tach to work. I had to buy a oil pressure sender to operate the oil gauge. of course the V6 & 4 tachs are differant. Darrin

madtodaimax · 02-02-2005, 07:50 PM

does anyone have a link to a website where i can find more information about how to install a new tach>

Ostornadoe · 02-02-2005, 08:12 PM

'95, Looking for Tachometer

Here's a link to the page for an install in a corolla.... Should be about the same for your truck.

BeechStreet · 02-03-2005, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Ostornadoe

'95, Looking for Tachometer

Here's a link to the page for an install in a corolla.... Should be about the same for your truck.

great find, thanks

bradleyj1279 · 02-03-2005, 04:22 PM

when i posted last i said that the tach was to the left of the cluster, that was a bit of a brain fart on my part. what i meant to say was that the tach is on the left of the guage cluster with the bracket pointed out, so it's just above the vent. sorry about that!

Ostornadoe · 02-03-2005, 04:26 PM

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great find, thanks

Some find eh? That was my installation... hehe, Probably one of the few posts on TN out of my roughly 400 that has helped anyone out a lot.

BTW I was very happy with the location until just recently. I bought 2 gauges and pods, a voltmeter and vacuum gauge, and I can't really fit a double gauge pod on the A-pillar because of the tach. If you're planning on getting more than 1 gauge for your A-pillar, I would suggest finding some other place to mount it. But if not, that's a great place for it. You can see it easily, but it doesn't block any view.