Thread: Tacho fitment to Defender

The TD5 with ABS/ETC doesnt have the wire. A conventional TD5 has the wire behind the dash... Go figure!

I had to branch into the wire just behind the ECU plug for my tacho.

For a 300tdi I believe they take the pulse from the alternator.
Can't assist much more there sorry.

Cheers
Mike

For the tdi you gotta get the tacho from somewhere like croytec or VDO and do all the wiring yourself

As tombraider mentioned you gotta wire it to the alternator.

Don't know much more about it yet, still on my list of "things to do but haven't got around to yet because I couldn't be a*sed"

Originally posted by solmanic
Check out: http://www.croytec.co.uk/
Their price for the genuine TD5 tacho is 95GBP + 12GBP postage - a total of 107GBP or about $270. I guess it is still easier to buy locally.

Originally posted by and Defenderzook
it costs the same locally.... and here is the link......
http://www.lrexpert.com.au/custom.php?page=defender

Defenderzook, do you know if Coopers price is supply only or supply & fit ?

They're $243.06 full retail direct from the LR dealer (supply only).

If anyone want's one, I'm sure I could better the dealer retail (or trade) price for AULRO members :wink: .

The tacho is cheap enough from the Dealers in Oz.
As for wiring it up, its easy as can be.

I'll try to do a write up of my installation but seriously it was so simple.

I ran 1 wire down the dash, across the tunnel and into the box with the ECu via the same grommets that the OBD connector use.
Then its a matter of stripping back 1 wire an soldering the wire onto it and resealing it.

Then remove the clock, fit tacho in, attach positive wire from ECU and push back into position in dash.

Your done!

Cheers
Mike

Well, I moved the clock to fit the Tacho, then I moved the fuel gauge to fit the Turbo Boost Gauge.




So what happened to the clock and fuel gauge?
Took a while to get brave enough, but, ..........fired up the hole saw, modified a twin gauge bracket to get a professional looking finish, and here they are.






Trev.

Originally posted by Scouse+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Scouse)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-solmanic
Check out: http://www.croytec.co.uk/
Their price for the genuine TD5 tacho is 95GBP + 12GBP postage - a total of 107GBP or about $270. I guess it is still easier to buy locally.

Originally posted by and Defenderzook
it costs the same locally.... and here is the link......
http://www.lrexpert.com.au/custom.php?page=defender

Defenderzook, do you know if Coopers price is supply only or supply & fit ?

They're $243.06 full retail direct from the LR dealer (supply only).

If anyone want's one, I'm sure I could better the dealer retail (or trade) price for AULRO members :wink: .[/b][/quote]



[b]<span style="color:blue">sorry scouse...i only just saw this.....

the price is supply only.....
thats where i got mine from.....
its not hard to fit it yourself.....just a pain to get the wire from the ecu to the dash...</span>

<span style="color:blue">disconut....i like your idea.....its giving me ideas......



i miss my clock......i dont wear a watch....
i was gonna fit it to my top shelf.....above the windscreen....</span>

Nice job Disconut .

It just doesn't have enough exposed screws to make it look "factory fit" though :wink: .