[Farmall] Tachometer

[E. John Puckett]

Don't know about the one from Jacks small engines, but I have the Northern Tool 
one and it is worthless for rpm.

Frank DeWitt wrote:
> Here are some ways of getting RPM
> 
> The easiest is the new maintenance meters.  One lead to one spark plug.  
> That is all. no connections to the battery so it doesn't care if it is 6 
> or 12 volt
> http://www2.northerntool.com/product-1/524744.htm
> http://www.jackssmallengines.com/hour_meter.cfm
> These are on Ebay.  Look for  Hour Meter
> 
> For more fun, there are the mechanical ones.
> there are always Jones tachs on ebay.  here is one.
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4512778857&category=6755&sspagename=WDVW 
> 
> 
> If you can get at the end of a shaft look at
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4678&item=3861888269&rd=1 
> 
> or
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63945&item=3861394115&rd=1 
> 
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4122&item=6139182196&rd=1 
> 
> 
> Frank
> 
> At 11:17 AM 12/20/2004, you wrote:
> 
>> I haven't seen it operate, John.  It had an LCD screen.  Whether or 
>> not some conversion factor would be needed I don't know.  Maybe a prop 
>> could be mounted on the end of the crank (just kidding!!!).  I'll have 
>> to take another look at the device.  My interest was in the RPM range 
>> and price.
>>
>> Bob Holtzer
>>
>> At 07:47 AM 12/20/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>>
>>> I've been looking for something similar, but everything I've found 
>>> ran in the $75 to $150 range.  Does it give a reading of the number 
>>> of times the prop blade passes, or is their a scale that changes the 
>>> counts to rpm.  might have to do a little calculation to get rpm from 
>>> a tractor engine.
>>>
>>> Robert L. Holtzer wrote:
>>>
>>>>  From time to time there has been discussion of setting engine idle, 
>>>> etc.  Recently in a model airplane shop I saw a $25 tachometer that 
>>>> had an RPM range of 0 to 30,000.  It detected RPM from the propeller 
>>>> -- apparently something akin to a strobe.  It would probably work 
>>>> off a painted mark on a crank pulley.
>>>> Anyone have any experience with this type of equipment?
>>>> Bob Holtzer
>>>>
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