I have diagnosed my issue down to the pickup at the crank pulley.....I have a known good tach amp (its new, and worked in our other two cars which both have working tachs.....and I have tried three different gauge pods, all of them are known working. I have voltage (13.9) at the plug going into the gauge pod....as well as at the diagnostic plug/tach amp port under the hood....so the only last thing it could be is the sensor/pickup itself. It is aligned properly....and the magnet on the balancer is there......there's just no signal.
Others have said its not possible for the pickup to fail.....but if that were so....why do they sell a replacement for it here on fastlane?
Should I go ahead at this point and replace the pickup/cable? I am 99% sure it will cure the problem.
Also, I might order one of your units anyways, because of the self-test feature....thats just cool.
It'd also not be bad to have a spare....
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