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01-14-2008, 09:10 PM
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Tachometer nonfunctional on an 85 300D
My tach simply doesnt work. I have searched around and haven't found much information on fixing this. If we can get a list of things to check for any ways to troubleshoot perhaps we can make an informative tachometer troubleshooting thread as well as helping me get mine working!
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01-14-2008, 10:35 PM
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Is your car a CA model?
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01-14-2008, 10:43 PM
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in 85 ca and fed were identical... so it does not matter.
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01-14-2008, 10:48 PM
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Here are a few threads to read:
This one has a lot of information on both CA and Fed cars: 1985 300D CA Emissions Tachometer repair This is a thread on my troubleshooting my 1984 tach problems: Figured out why my Tach won't work...
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01-14-2008, 11:28 PM
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Quote:
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01-15-2008, 08:22 AM
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Two things to check......
OVP (overvoltage protection relay), right knee bolster panel under glove box, known to fail after many years. Easy to replace, always keep a spare in glove box. Tach pickup on bell housing above flexplate. It's magnetic, clean it up. Alan
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01-15-2008, 11:06 PM
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Little known fuse hidden behind glove box could be blown.
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01-16-2008, 12:30 AM
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 My '85 tach has sat on 0 since I've owned the car. I've replaced the EGR computer, tach pickup, OVP relay. I doubt it's the gauge but I will swap that sometime when I'm around somebody with one. Good luck with all that......
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06-30-2008, 04:51 PM
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can someone post a pic of the overvoltage protection relay on a w123 and its exact location please.
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#10
06-30-2008, 09:44 PM
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Did you see this thread ?
1985 300 D Tach Problem
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