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Originally Posted by mach4
Given enough time and money anything is possible....
The best option I can think of is to swap in the tach module from the MB into your truck gauge cluster.
I did a similar thing with my diesel swap into a 380SL. I swapped in the tach module of the diesel to the SLs cluster. Obviously the calibration of the gauge face was way off, so I glued the diesel gauge face over the top of the gassers face. It was a bolt in proposition as I was going from MB to MB....on yours it will take some innovative engineering and creative fabrication.
Give it a shot, you might get lucky.
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Darn my car didn't come with the instrument panel. I guess i'll just run without it
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Originally Posted by Dan Stokes
I went with a photo tach and that works great. Mine is an expensive Monarch brand but the guys say there are cheaper ones on line with a bit of searching (I like my Monarch as I used them in dyno testing). All you do is put a piece of reflective tape on the dampner or anything else that rotates at crank speed (NOT belt driven!) and hook everything up according to direction. Problem solved and it'll fit anything you'll ever own in the future.
Dan
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Darn that'd eliminate the nice looking tach in the truck. If in the future i decide i need to know how fast the engine's going I'll do that
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Originally Posted by 97 SL320
Having a working tach is a low priority at this time. I'm real concerned that the adapter will be a stalling point for this project.
Have you measured the trans input shaft / clutch distances to be sure your adapter will space the trans properly?
Using a cone on the back of the flywheel is an iffy mod. I'd expect it to move around over time. Starting out with a 2.3 / 2.5 Ford FW would be a better possibility.
There is even a chance the stock MB manual trans FW could be modified to take the Ford clutch.
If an off the shelf adapter package exists, buy it.
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I asked what that sensor was to see if it was worth adding to the adapter, it's not. The adapter will be made soon, my friend is headed back to school this week and he should have time to make it soon. I found the thickness of the adapter by taking the transmission plate off the new engine and measuring from where it mounts to where the flywheel mounts. I then measured the distance from where the flywheel mounted on the old engine to where the bell housing bolted to. I then added these two measurements together. There is a cut out in the adapter for the flywheel to sit so that the transmission will sit the same distance from it as it did on the ford engine. All that's left is changing the counter bore diameters for the bolts because i just guessed on them.
I'm going to try the cone. My friend is going to measure the taper on the back of the flywheel and then mill the cast marks away so it's a nice clean taper. Then machine a ring with the flywheel bolt pattern before cutting the measured taper into the inside of the ring. I think it should work fine, but if not I'll do what you said.
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Originally Posted by mach4
Given enough time and money anything is possible....
The best option I can think of is to swap in the tach module from the MB into your truck gauge cluster.
I did a similar thing with my diesel swap into a 380SL. I swapped in the tach module of the diesel to the SLs cluster. Obviously the calibration of the gauge face was way off, so I glued the diesel gauge face over the top of the gassers face. It was a bolt in proposition as I was going from MB to MB....on yours it will take some innovative engineering and creative fabrication.
Give it a shot, you might get lucky.
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