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[Helter_skelter]

Been looking for a Nippon rev counter for my mini and not had much luck, was wondering would any aftermarket ones fit and work off the wiring already there.
Also I have adjustable hydraulic suspension it seems to be set at a height which I could do with lifting a bit higher to clear speed bumps a bit better anyone got any ideas how to do so?

[Helter_skelter]

Been looking for a Nippon rev counter for my mini and not had much luck, was wondering would any aftermarket ones fit and work off the wiring already there.
Also I have adjustable hydraulic suspension it seems to be set at a height which I could do with lifting a bit higher to clear speed bumps a bit better anyone got any ideas how to do so?

[sixtyeight]

Hydrolastic suspension? Pump more fluid in!

 

With the tacho, there are two types. RVI and RVC. RVI go inline with the coil. RVC go in parallel with the contact breaker/points.

 

how are you trying to wire up your tach?

[cal844]

Nippon are RVC i believe, will have a white and white black behind the dash i believe

[Helter_skelter]

The tank is full, it's been a custom fitted system by the looks of it. I have a switch for each corner on the dash to lift and lower but when I lift I was told its been set to a Max height just now, so I need to lift the max.

As for the tachometer I was hoping to just use the existing wiring available? There's the standard bullet and spade connector hanging from the loom which I believe is where you would fit your Nippon one to, but having trouble finding one so was looking for an after market one to run off these cables (don't mind changing connectors ) that's about as much as I know, still relatively new to all this.

Thanks for all the help

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[Barman]

Been looking for a Nippon rev counter for my mini and not had much luck, was wondering would any aftermarket ones fit and work off the wiring already there.
Also I have adjustable hydraulic suspension it seems to be set at a height which I could do with lifting a bit higher to clear speed bumps a bit better anyone got any ideas how to do so?

 

Do you have points or electronic ignition...?

[Helter_skelter]

Just the standard ignition coil 1275 spi engine

[Barman]

Just the standard ignition coil 1275 spi engine

 

Oh, if it had points then I have a spare one....

 

I changed mine when I upgraded to electronic ignition...

[Blitzman]

Have you got any photo's of this "custom fitted system"?

Might help.

[Helter_skelter]

I'll try get some but all you can see is the tank, and cables then the switches on the dash.

[Helter_skelter]

Bumpety.

[Dan]

Just about any aftermarket tacho will work. The two cables in the loom are power and ignition low tension (contact breaker). All you need to add are an earth and gauge lighting, these come from the PCB in the standard instrument pack so aren't in place as extra wires. As long as you don't get an ancient Smiths RVI gauge it should work.

[Helter_skelter]

Ahh okay, so basically find a good earth and a 12v power supply or something, perfect that's a bit easier then I thought.