Will Iev had this car for about 4 months,and all that time my tech,has been dead,just laying there like an dead fish,but today it was jumping all around?,then dead again?is there an cable behind the tech that is loose?What to check,on this crazy thing.

Your TACH may have a loose connection...I was wondering why your mechanic would be dead one minute then flopping around the next...

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You killed the technician, laying there like a dead fish ???

LOL

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Palangi

2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

you beat me to it

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1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

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Sorry

It was too good to pass up.... LOL

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2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

With respect to the original problem, search the diesel forum for the words " cigarette filter". Not kidding, cigarette filter is sometimes used as a temporary repair for this.

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2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

Good Lord, I pictured the mechanic squashed under the car, having gone undetected for awhile........
Now, for TACH amp issues, Techguy512 I believe still sells a very nice replacement amp. It is almost always the amp......

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'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

No I did not kill an tech, ha,ha,this one is on me guys.

LOL I thought you had run over the mechanic too when I saw the title! Anyways your tachometer has the same symptoms mine had a short while ago. There is a little garbage-can looking thing behind the driver side headlight, unscrew that and cut the cord so you can take it off and hold it in your hand. Use a small screwdriver to pry out the inside part. There is a ton of ugly looking silicone stuck on the inside, don't worry about that just yet. Resolder all of the little pins to the wires, as the solder gets brittle and develops cracks over the years. Return it back in your car - if you don't put the little black inside holder back in it, make sure you put something over the silicone as it will grip the outer housing (screw-on part) and rip the pins or wires out again (ask me how I know). My tach works fine now, no more jumping or pegging out.

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Was the PO Benny Hinn?

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1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

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?

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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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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Squabble, would you mind sending it back to me? I'll send you a new one....

This is the first report of a successful installation "going bad". I'd like to understand it.

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'82 300D Petrol B-G Metallic

Perfect example of someone you want to do business with!!!!

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

This is a useful thread. It would be good for a mod to change the spelling in the title so that people could find it with a search.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.