3.4L swap tachometer Q
 

I am getting to the point where i am just waiting on my adapter harness for ORS and he cant make the tach work. So I was wondering if anyone of you guys who has done the swap or researched it alot come up with a way to make the tach work with the 3.4L?
Thanks

Check with this dude: TeamShiftPoint
He has done a couple.

I've got the same prob. Can't I geta tach head from comp 01 tacoma cluster to make tack work??

Thanks

I have 3500 RPMS at 25 mph and 35 and 45 and 65 and 85.

If you fix it, please share.

I have a fix that is supposed to work but I am going to test it to make sure.

big wizard is $100.00

anybody got a cheaper fix?


i'll call downey, ors?

$100 :eek2: if what I have in mind works, it will be about $1

There is or was a PBB thread about this recently.

I heard it was a resistor to make it go.

If you call the shops, buy from the shops. With the advent of the internet, most of the problems and solutions can be answered for free instead of eating shop time.

Take a voltage measurement off the tach with the engine at idle and see what you get 3.4L vs 3.0L.....then just use a potentiometer to adjust the resistence until the voltage comes back to the appropriate level. Then measure the resistance on the pot and solder the appropriate resistor value (I'd use a 1/4 watt resistor just to be sure it can handle it.....get as close to the proper ohm value as you can) inline and heatshrink for safety. Pain may be to get voltage readings off of a 3.0L and 3.4L but after that should be a cakewalk.

digital read vs. analog

If that is true then you would need an A/D converter.....ie not worth it.
Where did you get that from? FSM?

then the issue of cruise control. downey has a $11.00 part. but not for digital later models. wizad will have something in the future to fix tach and cruise don't have a eta. ?? what $1.00 how,

you need to install a resistor on the back of your gauge cluster. 4x4wire.com has several guys who have completed the swap. particularly a guy with the screen name corunner93
(Quote-TACHOMETER: The 3.0L tach doesn't work. You;ll need to modify it. A guy on here who gave me plenty of good advice sent me a couple of pictures of the modification. It is really easy. You have to take out the gauge cluster, remove the tach and solder in a 10K ohm resister to a specific location on the back of the tach (on the circuit board)...shown in the pics . Hit me up later and I'll send you thos pics.Quote)
http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showfl...=&fpart=1&vc=1
this is a pretty complete write up. I have talked with the guy and he is more than helpful.

If this is indeed the fix as I suspected it might be, then the tach is NOT digital. There is no reason to design a digital output for a mechanical tach (just doesn't make sense)......those are almost always analog. If you have a digital display then it makes more sense to have digital output. It would be nice to have this cleared up as to the true nature of the beast.

The only thing I can say is talk with that guy. he is very informed about some of the ups and downs of the swap. He spent a ton of time going thru wiring diagrams and layouts getting everything to work. that link takes you right to the write up. he could explain it much better than I ever could!

Too bad there are no pics of the back of that tach after the mod......that would clear it up quick.

if I e-mail you the pics can you post them? I have the pics he sent me and I will include some of the comments that went with it. very straight forward.
so whoever is willing to host the pic........

Just put them on www.webshots.com and give us a link to your community page (very simple to set up and free).

I will see if this works.I will leave the webshot open untill monday night.
I have not tried the mod as of yet or even looked at my gauge cluster to see. I am in the middle of a frame off on my 93 and am going to do the swap at the same time. happened to hook up with this guy and he has been nothing but helpful. his 4 runner has been up and running for awhile and he did all the wiring and mods himself.
http://community.webshots.com/script...umID=177637774
here is the comments that were included with the pics he sent me
QUOTE"Anyway....the first pic (3.4TachMod.JPG) shows what resistor to use...just match the bands at your local radio shack. The second pic shows the location, on the back or your tachometer circuit board, to solder in the new resistor. Very easy to do.

One other thing...make sure you switch the oil pressure sending units. The 3.4L and the 3.0 oil pressure gauges work in the opposite manner. I left the 3.4L pressure sender in there and burned out my oil pressure gauge. You definately need to use the 3.0L oil pressure sender and have it in there before you hook the battery back up."QUOTE