yep, mine was on the steering coloum too, BINI style
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| Author: | redfive [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 3:09 pm ] |
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Hello all. I've got a Smiths 10K RPM tacho which I currently have taped to the steering column with some a PVC pipe elbow covering it. Where have you mounted your tacho? Has anyone mounted it on the steering column? I have a deluxe with the wood dash and I don't want to mount it inside the door of the drivers side glovebox. Steering column seems the best place as I can see it easily. |
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| Author: | Gordie [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 5:19 pm ] |
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yep, mine was on the steering coloum too, BINI style
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| Author: | poeee [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 5:30 pm ] |
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Gordie wrote: yep, mine was on the steering coloum too, BINI style
European Bini style... The aussie ones have the tacho in the middle and the speedo on the steering column. Wish we had the European style one, like old skool Mini's! |
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| Author: | willy [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:12 pm ] |
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Please do not speak of the unspoken. Bini = devil 
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 7:29 pm ] |
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What do you need a tacho for anyway? Can't you drive or something? (that should fire this thread up!) 
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 7:59 pm ] |
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Morris 1100 wrote: What do you need a tacho for anyway? Can't you drive or something? (that should fire this thread up!)
If you want to see how fast you are actually going... as distinct from the wildly variable and usually optimistic Mini speedo.. 
Of course, this presupposes that you know the diff ratio, or more particularly actual MPH/1000 rpm.. 
You can then hone your mental arithmetic skills whilst driving...!
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 8:06 pm ] |
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I was talking to a mate (yes I have one!) and he was the fastest mini in qualifying at Bathurst in 1968 and I asked him if he had a tacho and he said No! They didn't bother! They didn't want to carry any extra weight!
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Wed Sep 22, 2004 8:29 pm ] |
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They had the little orange lines on the S speedo....1,..11,..111, and then just went a bit further... !:shock: I had a friend in R&D at the BMC Zetland plant back then- he said all the S race motors for the `66 race were `run in' (actually `lapped in') on an engine dyno by motoring it electrically with warm oil and water, but no fuel, for I can't remember how many hours. Not sure if it's an urban myth, he sounded fair dinkum at the time.
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| Author: | -=MiniMafia=- [ Thu Sep 23, 2004 1:44 pm ] |
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mine WAS in the middle of the dash. the next one i have i will have lower, so theives cant see it.... |
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| Author: | gafmo [ Thu Sep 23, 2004 1:59 pm ] |
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Garage Bench, but it will be going in the dash behind the steering wheel |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Thu Sep 23, 2004 5:18 pm ] |
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Get a Fiat tacho- nobody will pinch it! 9000 rpm one, from a 124BC coupe- $45 S/H at Ardita Spares.
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| Author: | Anto [ Thu Sep 23, 2004 6:13 pm ] |
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Mine is mounted right on top of the steering column (as opposed to on the LHS as you quite often see). It has two bolt holes, one of them lines up with the standard upper column shroud mount. Easy to mount, and is located right in front of you, since it's the most important guage! 
When you are actually sitting in the car you can in fact see all of the guage, it's not blocked off like in the photo (on the other hand, only seeing from 2000 - 6000rpm isn't necessarily a problem). I'm not so concerned about people flogging it, hopefully they wont bother stealing a $50 tacho from Super Cheap, but you never know. Touch wood. Anto. |
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| Author: | gafmo [ Thu Sep 23, 2004 6:19 pm ] |
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drmini in aust wrote: Get a Fiat tacho- nobody will pinch it!
9000 rpm one, from a 124BC coupe- $45 S/H at Ardita Spares. I never did ask what the Tacho was out of, I should have known. It nice and deaply ressed to. I like it
Any other Fiat Parts Dr |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Thu Sep 23, 2004 8:00 pm ] |
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If I was to build a nice real wooden dash with offset gauges (NO, I'm not..) I would fit a full set of Fiat 124 coupe gauges. Veglia Borletti, nice black surrounds..
Yes I know of a set...
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| Author: | gafmo [ Fri Sep 24, 2004 8:27 am ] |
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If they are for the right price maybe but I think I have collated the dials except for a volt's dial and a Tacho which Sue does not want |
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