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tach inaccurate

85 carrera with a tachometer that stopped working before I got it. The tach is original
and probably never serviced.

Sometimes it does work.
Most days it works for a moment and then goes back to zero.
The engine runs perfectly.
When its hot it seems to work better than cold.
I wonder if there are bad soldering joints?

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Tachometer

My 1977 911s suffers from the same problem, although my tach works better when its cool outside. when i park the car outside in the sun on hot days the tach gets stuck around 2-4k. Sometimes it just rest at zero.

At one time it would correct it self with a tap on the glass but, that doesn't seem to work anymore.

I checked for correct alternator function and everything its fine. I think i need a new tach.

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Why not have it rebuilt ?

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