Subject: electronic tach behavior
Author: Fred Sahms
Date: Nov 10, 2002, 10:18 AM
Post ID: 1711367675
I have been connecting 12v to the system on my Eldo to make sure
everything works. It sure is cool to see those little jukebox dash
lights light up for the first time in a decade. When I first connected
power to the system, the tach jumped a bit, and when I turned the lights
on it went over to 7000 and stayed there.
The points were closed when this happened. I turned the lights off and
rotated the motor using the crank nut and got spark, and when the plugs
sparked the tach jumped just a tiny bit at each spark. Since I rotated
the motor, the tach doesn't fly up to 7000, but still twitches when I
turn on the lights, change from high to low beam etc. Does this sound
normal? I have never had the bike running so I don't have a baseline.
TIA
73 Eldo (motor in the frame!)
78 T3/949