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tach went crazy

Old Jul 24, 2009 | 10:12 AM
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tach went crazy

i have not driven the car for a week and i left my radar detector on. started the car but it would not start because the battery was dead. when i turned the ignition it turned over a little and my tach red lined and is not stuck on the wrong side of the needle. i rev the engine and it does not move. what happened and should i pull the gauge cluster out and pull the tach part out and put it back in. any help is good thanks
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 11:43 AM
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Re: tach went crazy

Sounds like the capacitor on the tach board may have gone bad... although IIRC it was a gradual failure.
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