wickford90

wickford90

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Trying to buy a rev counter for td5. Can only find them for 4/6/8 cyl engines.
Land rover originals are mental money, any one know any after market ones.
thanks
 
hey sorry theyre hard to get hold of because they wire directly into your ECU, which is why they are costly..... ideally im getting a nanocom to mount on the dash to overcome this if i can find one with live data streaming.... :(
 
Noseybora said:
hey sorry theyre hard to get hold of because they wire directly into your ECU, which is why they are costly..... ideally im getting a nanocom to mount on the dash to overcome this if i can find one with live data streaming.... :(
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yes just been doing a search, looks like its more aggro than its worth
 
I got a new one on fleabay for £70 but it came with no instructions. A quick google showed what to connect and where. As Nosey says they take their input direct from the ECU and not the alternator so you're stuck with what you can use. There are some other ones out there but they are similar or more money than a proper TD5 tacho. Some of the fancy race tachos can be configured to work but they are silly money and dont match any of the other clocks. I binned the time telling clock and fitted the tacho in its place.
 
Noseybora said:
hey sorry theyre hard to get hold of because they wire directly into your ECU, which is why they are costly..... ideally im getting a nanocom to mount on the dash to overcome this if i can find one with live data streaming.... :(
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The original Nanocoms could be used to show live engine speed but I'm not sure the new Nano Evos can.
 
Why?! Why fit a rev counter? It won't help performance and will only add clutter. Why not fit a boost guage, an oil pressure guage, and inlet vacuum guage and an oil temperature guage? We don't need this stuff anymor. The EEC looks after you these days.
Maybe I'm missing something!
 
Knowing what boost pressures you're achieving at a given rpm is handy to know to some people when tuning an engine.

Also, sticking to a given rpm can be useful if keeping check on fuel economy.

Alot of people (myself included here) just like to know what their engine is upto. Sound alone doesn't tell the full story.
 
Tuning? TD5? The RPM is directly linked to road speed so sticking to a suitable speed locks the rpm. I'm definately missing something as I've run a TD5 since 1999 and I know my MPG and I know what it's up to.
The TD5 works well, does a good job and lasts a long time! I thrives on a good 'leaving alone'
I guess if you want to know the RPM then buy stuff but I would rather buy useful stuff rather than informative stuff!
I guess it's a free world and we all try to do what we like!
 
Drookit Dug said:
Tuning? TD5? The RPM is directly linked to road speed so sticking to a suitable speed locks the rpm.
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Yes? Some people do tune their TD5? What's with the question marks?

RPM linked to road speed? How does this relate to my point that it's good (to some) to know what boost pressures are being achieved at a given RPM?

I'm definately missing something as I've run a TD5 since 1999 and I know my MPG and I know what it's up to.
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Still, some people like to see what revs they are sitting at, some people find that helpful for MPG. Not all, some.

The TD5 works well, does a good job and lasts a long time! I thrives on a good 'leaving alone'
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There are plenty that thrive on a good fettling too. They make equally good engines when tuned, for different purposes.

I guess if you want to know the RPM then buy stuff but I would rather buy useful stuff rather than informative stuff!
I guess it's a free world and we all try to do what we like!
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And for the reasons already described, this is true.
 
Drookit Dug said:
Why?! Why fit a rev counter? It won't help performance and will only add clutter. Why not fit a boost guage, an oil pressure guage, and inlet vacuum guage and an oil temperature guage? We don't need this stuff anymor. The EEC looks after you these days.
Maybe I'm missing something!
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Got a boost gauge. How does adding 4 clocks instead of one reduce clutter.?
Thanks for your input
 
Shifty1962 said:
I got a new one on fleabay for £70 but it came with no instructions. A quick google showed what to connect and where. As Nosey says they take their input direct from the ECU and not the alternator so you're stuck with what you can use. There are some other ones out there but they are similar or more money than a proper TD5 tacho. Some of the fancy race tachos can be configured to work but they are silly money and dont match any of the other clocks. I binned the time telling clock and fitted the tacho in its place.
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Yes I found an installation guide after a search, would you know what make yours is. Only found one on eBay and that was £255,
 
If you want to find the RPM, I have a hand-held gadget that only needs a bit of white paint on the crankshaft, and it tells you in full digital readout on it's own built-in screen! :D:D
 
Drookit Dug said:
Why?! Why fit a rev counter? It won't help performance and will only add clutter. Why not fit a boost guage, an oil pressure guage, and inlet vacuum guage and an oil temperature guage? We don't need this stuff anymor. The EEC looks after you these days.
Maybe I'm missing something!
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An inlet vacuum gauge on a diesel engine is as much use as a chocolate teapot. Dont see how it makes things any more cluttered as I replaced the equally useless tick tock with the rev counter as I have a perfectly good kettle to tell the time with. Same amount of dials in exactly the same place as when I started. Only thing I did move was the fuel gauge which has a boost gauge in its place. Thinking being that all the important engine tell tales are together because I'm paranoid about blowing a second engine.

wickford90 said:
Yes I found an installation guide after a search, would you know what make yours is. Only found one on eBay and that was £255,
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Just done a search on fleabay and this one is the exact same kiddie but I did buy mine four years ago. http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l2736&_nkw=td5+rev+counter Still dont explain the price increase though.
 
With the amount of companies such as Alive, Twisted, IRB, JE Engineering (etc) offering tuning for seemingly affordable prices, tuning, and the gadgets that tend to come with it such as dials are more appealing I guess.

Plus, having road going Defender is alot more 'accepted' now than it was a few years ago. Just look at the amount of lowering kits on the market. It's now quite cool to have a lowered, dare I say sporty Defender.
 
I wanted a Rev counter in my newly acquired TD5 Van as prior to this I have driven automatic petrol cars for years. I was horrified at the £200 new price and the £120 second-hand no guarantee
So i built one total cost £12.75 -3 ICs and 19 Leds one every 250 RPM and £4 for a nonworking temperature Gauge to put it in plus about 10 hours messing about designing building and fitting
I can now see what the engine is doing found that I had been well over revving it before changing gear did not realise that the rev range was so low.
 
Paul Boscott said:
I wanted a Rev counter in my newly acquired TD5 Van as prior to this I have driven automatic petrol cars for years. I was horrified at the £200 new price and the £120 second-hand no guarantee
So i built one total cost £12.75 -3 ICs and 19 Leds one every 250 RPM and £4 for a nonworking temperature Gauge to put it in plus about 10 hours messing about designing building and fitting
I can now see what the engine is doing found that I had been well over revving it before changing gear did not realise that the rev range was so low.
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:nopics: Show us your work then.
 
Paul Boscott said:
I wanted a Rev counter in my newly acquired TD5 Van as prior to this I have driven automatic petrol cars for years. I was horrified at the £200 new price and the £120 second-hand no guarantee
So i built one total cost £12.75 -3 ICs and 19 Leds one every 250 RPM and £4 for a nonworking temperature Gauge to put it in plus about 10 hours messing about designing building and fitting
I can now see what the engine is doing found that I had been well over revving it before changing gear did not realise that the rev range was so low.
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Maybe there's a market for such an item? Just a thought.
 
Paul Boscott said:
I wanted a Rev counter in my newly acquired TD5 Van as prior to this I have driven automatic petrol cars for years. I was horrified at the £200 new price and the £120 second-hand no guarantee
So i built one total cost £12.75 -3 ICs and 19 Leds one every 250 RPM and £4 for a nonworking temperature Gauge to put it in plus about 10 hours messing about designing building and fitting
I can now see what the engine is doing found that I had been well over revving it before changing gear did not realise that the rev range was so low.
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Thats sounds good, but a boffin i am not.
 
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