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  • #8245
    cheetahgod
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      Is there a digit tachometer that will work with a mercury mark 25?
      Thanks
      Jason.

      #64992
      twostroke
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        I can tell you a relatively easy way to make a pickup that will run ANY kind of tach….if you have some electrical/cobbling/fabrication skills. Find two really tiny magnets; epoxy then on the outside of the flywheel 180 degrees apart (JB Weld works great. I’ve buzzed sled motors 11K+ and they never came off). Go to a parts store and look through their assortment of cam/crank position sensors and find one that you think you can mount to ‘look’ at your magnets that has two wires. My weapon when I was doing this on the clutches of open-mod drag sleds for memory tach or other monitoring eq. was one for a late ’80 GM 2.0 four-banger (think:Cavalier). Get it mounted ‘looking’ at your magnets, ground one wire, the other goe to the tach. Set your tach to "4 cylinder" four stroke (two pulses per engine rpm). It’ll work jolly good, trust me. I’ve done this with Autometer memory tachs running off cordless too batteries and/or moped batteries if you want something high-dollar and really accurate. This will work with ANY sort of tach. Honest…

        Jim

        I say "pardon me" a lot. I had a 20H, then raced open mod sleds.

        #65037
        cheetahgod
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          What about tiny tach?

          #65042
          paulfromyork
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            US Member

            Hey, cheetahgod! Don’t stop there. What kind of tach? Are all tachs about the same. I’m assuming ‘electric tach’, right?

            #65045
            cheetahgod
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              I want a tach I can easily connect up to my mark 25

              #65046
              twostroke
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                Do you want to use this on a test stand…..or on the water?

                I say "pardon me" a lot. I had a 20H, then raced open mod sleds.

                #65052
                paulfromyork
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                  US Member

                  I want mine for on the water…and lots else. with 12 volts and easy set up I could put a tach on my machine tools easily.

                  #65059
                  rswanson
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                    these are working good on my outboards and mowers. works on my truck too.
                    http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-4-stroke-Gas- … fr&vxp=mtr

                    #65061
                    rjoynt
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                      US Member

                      Well, I just ordered one. Hopefully it will be easy to use!!

                      #65086
                      dfreson
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                        US Member

                        I used one on my mark25E mounted on a ’55 feathercraft DR. The leads were not long enough to reach the front cockpit. I extended them using two conductor trailer light wire [there were two conductors in the tach cable] for an additional six feet or so. Added a couple turns to what the directions said just because. Works great, good strong reading also keeps track of run time.

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