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  1. 29th May 2005, 09:49 AM #1
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    Tacho fitment to Defender

    Tired of knowing the time and not what the engine is doing?
    I was and fitted the tacho specifically for efficient towing.
    I bought the tacho through my dealer, it has a TD5 logo on it and goes straight in. See the attached link for full details. The tacho pulse wire on ours is different.
    :!: The Aus Defender is fitted with ABS, as the ABS circuit uses a yellow/pink wire from the ECU for its RPM feed. You splice into this cable to get your tacho feed.
    Non-ABS cars have a white/slate wire.
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    http://www.web-rover.co.uk/nav.php?p=articles/vdotacho

    The Tacho in Aus cost around $280.00. I fitted the thing myself. Being a fussy nut it took about 3 hours. The clock is still in the workshop. I have a large LCD battery powered job fitted below the ashtray and above the radio fascia.
    If you need anymore help just yell.
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  2. 29th May 2005, 09:19 PM #2
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    Tacho fitment to Defender

    As a matter of interest, did you have to trace the ABS wire back to the ECU under the drivers seat, or does the wire appear in the loom behind the instrument panel?

    Also, who did you buy the tacho from?

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  3. 29th May 2005, 09:38 PM #3
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    Great post!!

    I have a question though... does it look like the one graham cooper sells ?



    The page with the description and price is here.

    http://www.lrexpert.com.au/custom.php?page=defender

    I'm really keen to fit one of these but I don't think I'm going to have time before my trip after my pole encounter
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  4. 30th May 2005, 07:59 AM #4
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    The link given shows the price as GBP50 which translates to about AUD125 so maybe it is worth buying direct and saving over AUD100?
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  5. 30th May 2005, 09:40 AM #5
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    Or go to VDO and buy one direct.
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  6. 30th May 2005, 02:39 PM #6
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    Not sure about getting it from VDO - the web site says that the one they sell for GBP50 has modifications to compensate for the low voltage from the ECU - maybe the VDO one won't work in the Defender...
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    Defender Tacho

    Hi all,
    Answers to questions:

    Yes its like the Graeme Cooper unit.

    The ECU wire does not pop out in the loom unfortunately. I found the easiest way to get there was to exit the seat box grommet towards the gear box and run it forward and up the firewall. There is a grommet that gives you direct entry to the instrument pod. Going under the floor mats was a bit of a hassle to hide the wiring. I also used a black "split loom" over the wire to give it some protection. The power supply can be picked up from the back of the ign switch. The lighting supply is picked up off the other gauges.
    The gauge came from Land Rover Australia via my dealer.
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  8. 30th May 2005, 10:58 PM #8
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    i just fitted mine tonight......and it works.....

    you need to use the pink and grey wire on pin 19 of the ecu black plug.
    there are two wires this colour....pin 19 is the one in the centre of the plug.
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    Great to hear.
    Do you have any idea's for the clock? I have thought about the wide pillar section on the passenger side of the dash area. Dont know whats behind it though. I may replace the standard radio anyway and get a whizz bang timepiece that way. I only need it for the school zones.
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  10. 31st May 2005, 04:46 PM #10
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    Originally posted by disconut
    Great to hear.
    Do you have any idea's for the clock? I have thought about the wide pillar section on the passenger side of the dash area. Dont know whats behind it though. I may replace the standard radio anyway and get a whizz bang timepiece that way. I only need it for the school zones.
    Cheers,
    Trev.
    Could you use the power and light from the clock for the tacho? I noticed above you used other sources?
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