Tachometer doesn't work

My rev-counter is dead, and my dealer service advisor thought it was a bad instrument cluster. The quote to see about this was too dear, so I didn't actually have a tech look at it and got a cluster from eBay. Well, it didn't solve my problem. Any thoughts on this? The car runs great, otherwise. Thanks in advance!

check the fuse? (is there one) also did you do anything to the car shortly before? radio? amp, etc?

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Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit

check the fuse? (is there one) also did you do anything to the car shortly before? radio? amp, etc?

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Hi and thanks for the reply. I purchased the car in this condition. It was previously a rental unit with no known modifications. I hadn't thought of a fuse. I'll post back if that's what it ultimately is!

you bought a rental car with a dead tach?

Out of honest curiosity, what made you buy a rental car. I know that personally, when I get a rental car, I always call it a "what would happen if" car. I think, " What would happen if......" then I do it. Such "what would happens" would always be something I would NEVER do in a car I owned and usually ended in very loud mechanical noises followed by lots of laughter.

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Originally Posted by aveodude

you bought a rental car with a dead tach?

Out of honest curiosity, what made you buy a rental car. I know that personally, when I get a rental car, I always call it a "what would happen if" car. I think, " What would happen if......" then I do it. Such "what would happens" would always be something I would NEVER do in a car I owned and usually ended in very loud mechanical noises followed by lots of laughter.

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good times :lol:

you know, 75% of uses cars sold within 2 years of being purchased new are rental cars.. whether you know it or not.

another 10% are repos...

So you are saying that 85% of used cars are either repo or rentals? I would like to see some evidence of that please. Considering that there is also leasing to keep in mind I highly doubt that statistic is correct.

if it is within the first 2 years of being new..

it is in the auto auction data base, they keep track of who sells what and how many, as customer/seller tally.

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Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit

if it is within the first 2 years of being new..

it is in the auto auction data base, they keep track of who sells what and how many, as customer/seller tally.

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Now that makes sense. We are not talking cars sold by dealers but rather auto auctions.

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Originally Posted by aveodude

you bought a rental car with a dead tach?

Out of honest curiosity, what made you buy a rental car. I know that personally, when I get a rental car, I always call it a "what would happen if" car. I think, " What would happen if......" then I do it. Such "what would happens" would always be something I would NEVER do in a car I owned and usually ended in very loud mechanical noises followed by lots of laughter.

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Yep, I talked him down $100 because of it. Out the door for under $6k for a 2006 seemed a good risk. It's a California car (LA) with 40k miles, otherwise, it's in perfect cosmetic and mechanical condition, and the colour I wanted. No evidence of flood, undercarriage damage (forklift, curbing, etc.) and a clean CarFax report. I will be changing the timing belt, water pump, idler pulley before 50k miles. Also, I bought a new thermostat housing made of metal. Don't need those problems.