Tachometer

[Hendred]

I have been looking for a Smiths tacho for my Silk, the 80mm RVC type seem to be getting silly money on Ebay at present (£80+ for an untested tacho?).  I took a £12 punt on a french Jaeger 80mm electronique tacho, 12v, 4 cylinder 4 stroke (not an english Jaeger made by Smiths) and it arrived today.  Looks well made with only two wires to connect instead of the usual three (found a Jaeger manual in french on the web to work out the connections).  Tried it on the Lumention ignition system and it works a treat.  Looks like a low cost option if you are not bothered about originality i.e Veglia.  

[Smokey_Paul]

Good tip.

I use a Lucas Tacho and that worked really well I keep my Veglia original wrapped up safe in a box in the cupboard..

The Lucas was only about £30 new off eBay also.

[Hendred]

After looking for a Veglia for quite a few years without success, I got the Jaeger.  A week later a Veglia came up and I got that too!  Works a treat.  That seems to be the way it goes.

[Smokey_Paul]

Must have been you bidding how dare you....