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i need your help with my taco

Discussion in '4 Cylinder' started by natebaur, Jan 21, 2009.

  1. Jan 21, 2009 at 12:15 PM
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    natebaur

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    hey my 2000 toyota tacoma reg cab dude not come with an rpm guage is there anyway to add a digital one?????
     
  2. Jan 21, 2009 at 12:21 PM
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    Who Dat Popcorn

    Who Dat Popcorn Dafuq

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  3. Jan 21, 2009 at 7:38 PM
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    yea just looked up scan guage is it meant to be used while drving??? and my obd 2 plug in is in the enginebAY is it okay to run the wire through the firewall???
     
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  4. Jan 21, 2009 at 7:41 PM
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    JimBeam

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    i suspect that if you found a wrecked SR5 of the same generation/year range you could swap out the gauge cluster...but your mileage would be wrong
     
  5. Jan 21, 2009 at 7:42 PM
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    y do you need rpm? you have an automatic.
     
  6. Jan 21, 2009 at 7:48 PM
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    dually

    dually Low and slow

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  7. Jan 21, 2009 at 7:51 PM
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    i guess not, I just don't see the point of having a tach in an auto. neither did the engineers at toyota i guess.
     
  8. Jan 22, 2009 at 11:15 AM
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    some people like to have them just to have them Just like I dont need a lift and bigger tires but I want them
     
  9. Jan 22, 2009 at 5:36 PM
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    If you want it to look factory, find one at a junk yard or through someone. I am not sure if you can adjust the digital mileage to match yours.

    I did the same thing. I had an instrument cluster with no tach, and found a cluster with tach and swaped them. I took both clusters to a speedo shop and they corrected the mileage on the new cluster. I have a cable driven cluster.
     
  10. Jan 22, 2009 at 7:45 PM
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    its nice knowing what my rpm is because when i do test like microvat or anything i need to know where 2500 rpm is at
     
  11. Jan 23, 2009 at 6:07 PM
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    Get a Haynes or chiltons book.... its the best 15 bucks you can spend on a vehicle! in the back of the book there are wiring diagrams.... look for instrument panel guages and warning light system under the chassis electrical system diagrams. on my 95 it is the black wire in the wiring harness that plugs into the guages.

    that would be for an aftermarket tach

    and what do you know my Haynes book says 1995 thru 2000 all models.....
     
  12. Jan 29, 2009 at 12:51 AM
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    Haynes and Chiltons always let me down. Find a Toyota factory manual if you really want to be able to work on it.
     
  13. Jan 29, 2009 at 7:27 AM
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    that is not the point....
     
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    zigzagg321

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    not to dig up an old crusty thread or anything, but... Anyone try any of this yet? Id like to add a tach to my 96 2.7L.
     
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    HerNameIsLucy

    HerNameIsLucy I miss Lucy. :-(

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    Tigerfan is the mileage stored at the gauge cluster or in the ECU?
     
  16. Mar 25, 2009 at 8:31 PM
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    i think it'll depend on whether or not the odo is digital or analog but im not sure

    never explored this...i just for some reason know that in older trucks sr5 added a tach
     
  17. Mar 26, 2009 at 9:47 AM
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    i have an aftermarket tach... like i said... black wire....
     

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