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Old 07-12-2009, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Squabble View Post
my car came with one of those as it was bought from a forum member (post). unfortunately, after 9 months of driving it, my tach is now going out of whack too. it's good to about 2600 and then it flips around and pegs and comes back, goes a little crazy, as well as pegging when i honk the horn.

besides the cigarette filter, what are the steps to diagnosing this one and permanently repairing it?
See my post for one solution. Re-soldering seems to work for a lot of people, the cigarette filter just puts pressure on the joints, so they will end up cracking again. Re-soldering them will solve that problem if you don't have a problem encapsulated in the silicone
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