Getting a tacho to work in a discovery..

[safeshot]

Morning chaps,

I hope someone can offer some guidance to solve a problem I have at the minute.

I am setting up a car pickup/delivery service using a Discovery 2 (2002) TD5

I sent it to have a modular (analogue) tacho fitted on tuesday, but after having the vehicle for 48hrs, the tacho fitting company have admitted defeat and have given me the car back.

The problem, i am told is the voltage from the speedo sender.. The tacho is expecting 12v and the speedo is working on millivolts.

I asked the obvious question about putting some kind of amp inline to up the voltage to something the tacho could use, but they said that neither they, not the tacho manufacturer could come up with anything to do the job

I think the device in question was a VDO modular tacho

I dont believe I can go for a digital tacho (nor would I want to at the price) so really need to find a solution...


can anyone help??????

Thanks
Graham

[lynalldiscovery]

Cant they fit some sort of magnetic pick up on the prop flange or similiar.

There must be an answer as i am sure there must be other commercial TD5 out there.

Maybe ring landrover special vehicles?



Lynall

[lynalldiscovery]

Just wondering if the old speedo drilling in the transfer box is still there even though its not used?


Lynall

[redhand]

Do a search on here because I know this subject has been covered before. including one thread with pictures of the tacho fitted

[sotal2]

Is this what you were after???

http://forum.landrovernet.com/showthread.php?t=54565&highlight=tacho

[safeshot]

Sorry chaps - I didnt explain properly :o - when I said tacho, what I should have said was tachograph (rather than tachometer)

as before - any help in getting this sorted would be greatly appreciated

[redhand]

As I said their is definately a thread on here somewhere with pictures of a tachograph been fitted.

[safeshot]

I must be looking in the wrong place - ive found a discussion about digital tachographs, but nothing about which analogue/modular tachographs will fit & work in a TD5 Discovery (2002) - If anyone else can help I'd appreciate it.

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Rgds
Graham

[safeshot]

Has anyone on here had a tachograph fitted to a TD5 Discovery?
If so what make was it, and were there any issues getting it to work..

Many thanks

Graham