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Old 08-26-2008, 05:50 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Tiny Tach Diesel Tach + Hr Meter?

I'm just curious if anyone has experience with this thing. 1/2 sec update time, reads using a transducer on a fuel line. I am wondering if this would work with the low injector pressures of an IDI or requires TDI type pressures to get the signal.

Tiny-Tach: Diesel Tachometers

Seems like a decent way to kill 2 birds with 1 stone, and since I'm driving an automatic it doesn't seem critical to me to have an analog tach. And, at $95 seems in-line price wise with other aftermarket tachs.
Transducers come in either "6mm" or "1/4in", but since I have no clue what the injector line OD is I couldn't even say if the thing would fit.

*edit, I just realized I didn't search the archive first. There was some info, reviews seemed mixed but largely based on the previous generation. I guess question still stands, if anybody has any experience with this newer one.
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Bought one 4 or 5 years ago worked very well,battery just went dead last month.
The one i got you can not replace the battery,I will deff get another one.
I have a van so the injector line you must use is 2nd one on right facing motor, i think truck line is on left facing motor.
The line you want has a slip Collier on it.
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front right line for trucks, and it ain't no slip collar, but a spacer-adapter-thingie that bolts onto the injector and then the fuel line bolts onto it
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Just for a trivia test then, is it the 6mm or 1/4"? I could always just get the mic out and drag my lazy (butt) out there measure it I suppose. =)
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The one i got you can not replace the battery,
HA! That's what they said about my i-pod shuffle too.
$20 and my 3yr old shuffle lives on.

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Interesting. Might have to get one for the van to have a RPM gauge.

Now which injection line does this go on???
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