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So after the dyno other day wanna get a rev gauge on my 106. Hopefully you guys can help me out abit.
Were Will it pick up the reading for the gauge? Will my car have the wireing there?
Its worth mentioning that my car uses a Speedo cable it's not electrical!
Any help or tips welcome 
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Chris Dosent have a coil pack as it's a diesel
Pretty sure you can wire them to alternator pal
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good old mighty car mods <3
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(14-10-2013, 08:08 PM)SRowell Wrote: good old mighty car mods <3
Exactly this!
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14-10-2013, 08:31 PM
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er, fit a 106 dial set that has a rev counter??
and before you shout your retort.. yes they do exist
and yes you can wire into alternator but you will need a lazer techy thing to calibrate it
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I've been trying to research this, some are saying off alternator, some say of the flywheel/crank sensor it's doing my head in 
Would have though some one would have had fitted a rev gauge and wrote about it on the net.
@piggy I will struggle to find clocks with a Speedo cable And rev gauge, but will look tho.
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Yes they exist piggy but simply plugging one in doesn't make it work as that's what someone's done in mine lol
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Said you should have grabbed them dials out of my diesel one I was breakin
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(14-10-2013, 10:10 PM)Danny2009 Wrote: Said you should have grabbed them dials out of my diesel one I was breakin
I no lol that's the only one I've seen to 
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They are hard to get hold of shame I didn't take them out :/
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(15-10-2013, 09:45 AM)Danny2009 Wrote: They are hard to get hold of shame I didn't take them out :/
Looking at aftermarket rev gauges just need to find out of I can wire it up before I buy one
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Pretty sure i have seen you can wire up on alternator you been on 106 forum?
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(15-10-2013, 10:58 AM)Danny2009 Wrote: Pretty sure i have seen you can wire up on alternator you been on 106 forum?
Yer but my membership has run out so i carnt view diy guides, not paying just for this lol,
on this thread
http://106owners.co.uk/forums/showthread...ev+counter
He says the orange plug, witch is the crank sensor (but its grey plug on mine  ) Think im just gonna buy a gauge and wire it up then try it on that crank sensor see if it works or not
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Welcome to my world! Been trying figure it out for my 205 1.9 for bloody ages!
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just get one that will work off the 'w' terminal of your alternator. best to check if it has an exposed 'w' terminal tho lol
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the ones off alternator will work fine...but as said...they need calibrating
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I want an OEM counter, the STDT cluster also has water temp!
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(15-10-2013, 11:28 AM)silverzx Wrote: Welcome to my world! Been trying figure it out for my 205 1.9 for bloody ages!
Surely you just can buy an aftermarket one and just wire it to what ever sensor the 306 uses to pick up the rpms from?
(15-10-2013, 11:30 AM)samass Wrote: just get one that will work off the 'w' terminal of your alternator. best to check if it has an exposed 'w' terminal tho lol
Will have to look at that then. thanks
(15-10-2013, 11:31 AM)Piggy Wrote: the ones off alternator will work fine...but as said...they need calibrating
Just bought an aftermarket one now so will see if i can get that to work. Hope i can
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15-10-2013, 12:49 PM
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Yeah you can wire it up to the alternator but why have a "poo" aftermarket rev counter when you can stay OEM!
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Id stay oem
But it seems a farce so I wouldnt bother
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I've ordered an aftermarket one now so see how I get on with it, it's not a massive one tho just 52mm gauge
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Ah yea actually....I imagined one of them huge halford jobbies
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(15-10-2013, 03:33 PM)Arron Wrote: Ah yea actually....I imagined one of them huge halford jobbies
yer I thought people might think I had a 6inch one with a shift light lol
Just a suitable 2inch one even tho it goes to 8,000rpm think a gov mod may be in order 
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