Chimeara Rev Counter

[Chimera10]

Not having much auto 4lecttrical experience I was hoping some one may help!.

The Rev counter on my 4.0l Chim 'bounces' eratically when the thottle is blipped and during gear changes, under constant revs its fine, any ideas?

Thanks

[robsco]

They all do that sir, don't worry.

[J400GED]

It could be a dirty connector on the back of the rev counter - next time the dash top is off just clean the connectors thoroughly.

It worked on mine.

HTH

Ged

[TV8]

This was the last but one thing to sort on mine and a new bosche coil and leads/extenders seems to have done the trick!

[Barreti]

Alright, I give in.
Is this golf club carrier you lot drive a Chimera, Chimeara or a Chimaera?

Now you see why we just call it a Chimp.

[blitzracing]

Magnecore HT leads can cause this.

[TV8]

blitzracing said:

Magnecore HT leads can cause this.

They seem to have fixed it in my case. I was looking for Bosche ones but couldnt find them. I was speaking with Tim at ACT about another matter and he mentioned the guarantee on magnerco leads - 10 years exchange. He seems to be a decent bloke and the rev counter is less hyper, so happy so far!

[Sam Gamgee]

TV8 said:

They seem to have fixed it in my case. I was looking for Bosche ones but couldnt find them. I was speaking with Tim at ACT about another matter and he mentioned the guarantee on magnerco leads - 10 years exchange. He seems to be a decent bloke and the rev counter is less hyper, so happy so far!

Try getting the manufacturer/disrtibutor to exchange when you believe they arent working as they should.......nightmare & `you` are at fault, not the lead!
Tim at ACT,however, top fella although not bought anything from him in a while.

Dave.

[johnny bravo]

Been working on the car and the dash is off at the moment. I have spotted two black wires coming from the rev counter low down behind where a rectangular warning light is, I think. trouble is they are not connected to anything and there is nothing to connect them to. Question is should they be connected to something and if so what? any help welcome

[blitzracing]

TV8 said:

They seem to have fixed it in my case. I was looking for Bosche ones but couldnt find them. I was speaking with Tim at ACT about another matter and he mentioned the guarantee on magnerco leads - 10 years exchange. He seems to be a decent bloke and the rev counter is less hyper, so happy so far!

It can be caused when the total HT path resistance becomes too low, and to prevent it you may need some extra resistive components in the HT, like resistive plug shrouds or plugs if you are running low resistance leads.

[lotusandy]

johnny bravo said:

I have spotted two black wires coming from the rev counter low down behind where a rectangular warning light is, I think. trouble is they are not connected to anything and there is nothing to connect them to. Question is should they be connected to something and if so what? any help welcome

This is how they came from the factory, I have connected mine up to show when the cooling fans come one which I find quite useful.

Andy