Chronicsinners

Last night when driving home my tachometer stopped working. Here are the symptoms:

1. At low rpms (such as idle) the tach is dead, it rests on the peg.
2. When climbing to higher rpms the tach will try and catchup with where it "should" be, and in fact goes beyond the rpm that it should.

So far i am leaning towards a faulty ignitor. Does this sound correct? I doubt that the entire unit has gone bad as it has low milage (63k). Lets hear your input!

Thanks in advance...

Fezzie

that has happened to me a couple times but i just checked my plug on the back of the cluster it was kinda loose

Chronicsinners

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Fezzie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that has happened to me a couple times but i just checked my plug on the back of the cluster it was kinda loose </TD></TR></TABLE>

certianlly a possiblity... i will give that a look this afternoon

Fezzie

Chronicsinners

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Fezzie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that has happened to me a couple times but i just checked my plug on the back of the cluster it was kinda loose </TD></TR></TABLE>

just checked and rechecked. It is firmly plugged in, i am leaning towards a new ignitor. Any other suggestions anyone?

crxben

I have had similar problems with my tach, only mine bounces when at idle. I was told to replace the ignitor. But try to find one before buying one because they are quite expensive.

STREETWERKZ

happened to me once when an alternator went bad.

ryanplayjoint

do you have a cable driven vss or electronic vss? If cable the cable could have came a little loose at the vss.

Chronicsinners

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by STREETWERKZ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">happened to me once when an alternator went bad. </TD></TR></TABLE> I am pretty sure the alternator is good, the car is fully charged and there are no other signs of electrical problems.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ryanplayjoint &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do you have a cable driven vss or electronic vss? If cable the cable could have came a little loose at the vss. </TD></TR></TABLE> That would be a place to look if it was the speedo. The tachometer reads its signal from the ignitor, not a cable...

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crxben &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have had similar problems with my tach, only mine bounces when at idle. I was told to replace the ignitor. But try to find one before buying one because they are quite expensive.</TD></TR></TABLE> I guess i will shop around, also i will try and buy one from pepboys and return it if it doesnt fix the problem

Any other suggestions??

Chronicsinners

anyone?

wiZCo

I'm leaning towards the ignitor as well. Try and switch in another one, otherise you're better off getting a new dist rather than a new ignitor (they're around $100-$130).

justseeingifitistaken

STREETWERKZ i believe has it right. the last time this happened to me it was the alternator. seems crazy but it makes sense, but also my temp gauge was acting a fool too. just a thought

Chronicsinners

well now i am really confused. I havent done anything to the car, but when driving in to work today, it started working again...

This is after i ordered a replacement cluster, of course...

90crxdxb16

i had similar problems on my crx dx (bad ignitor), i've heard that usually when one thing in your distributor is starting to go bad can be warning signs of soon to be future failures of dist. components( dont know how true it is), also i have a baisically new ignitor/ distributor for a d15b2 if your interested e-mail me at jimmychron@yahoo.com