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STEWART WARNER NOS 8,000 RPM TACHOMETER

Brand new, never mounted; complete with mounting cup and steering column bracket. Excellent unused condition. $179.99, obo, DELIVERED in conus.

It appears to be an alternator tach, not an engine tach.
Would be useful for anyone who is doing alternator servicing.

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Originally Posted by Jack Gifford (Post 6600287)

It appears to be an alternator tach, not an engine tach.
Would be useful for anyone who is doing alternator servicing.

I wonder why anyone servicing alternators that would want to mount a tach on their steering column. This tach came assembled with the cup and mounting bracket just as you see here. When I removed the tach from the cup to get pics, it was a snug fit, due to the fact that someone had wrapped masking tape around the body, just below the bezel; on it was hand written: tested with a V-8 engine and a date. I can't imagine why that would be written on there if the tachometer wasn't for an engine. :confused:

I could be wrong, but ive been looking at some older vintage tachs and some needed a sender and some, if im not mistaken, were wired to the alternator instead of the coil (i think) so its possible that's the case here.