Restoration of a Sun Tach

[SuperNovaSS]

Is the tach you want restored in good mechanical condition and just faded? If so, I would say the best way to go would be to sell the one you have and find a nicer one. There are very nice unrestored units out there.


Jason

[PxTx]

I was thinking along the same lines. The challenge is that these tachs were built in different ways.

I don't know if it was a year thing or what but I've seen the white rpm needle, a red needle, the more popular orange triangle redline pointer, a red redline needle, white RPM and red RPM font etc.

When you don't care it seems like they are all over the place. When you need a specific configuration and date then things get harder. And since he may have exactally what he needs, it makes sense to consider the resotration.

I'm excited to see what Sunpro is doing. Anyone know if they will be expanding the line to the other gauges? How about that WTS-500 sender?

[SuperNovaSS]

I have not seen the new Sunpro gauges but they look the part.

I'm not sure what plowman means about MSD systems. I have had Sun Super Tachs hooked up to MSD "tach" outputs and HEI "tach" outputs many times with no issues.

Jim, PM me with what you are looking for. I may have something up you alley. I have a "few" SST-802s and SST 802-2s laying around. A few are ones I had restored years ago because they had broken lenses. Yes, the inner bezels were pryed off. Although it sounds bad, it really does not look bad. It will never be seen when the outer bezel is on and the tach is in the cup.


It seems like there has to be a simple way to get the bezel off. Something like a can opener type device.


Jason

[PxTx]

Here is a 10k I've had sitting around for a long time. It is an SST-814 which is for a Mag setup.



Does anyone know the difference on the tach signal form a Mag vs regular points vs an MSD or an adapter? WAG here but I thought a tach for a mag might have some ectra circuit protection since the voltage for the output signal may increase more with RPM vs a regular SST-802.