Hello all

Wife says at least one of our fleet needs to go. And with 5 cars I guess she is right. The 1978 244 I use for work is the one voted off. Only because it honestly will never be pretty again. So I will be moving into the former wifemobile, an 88 245.

Since I will use it for work it is very important that the odometer work. Today I went to the local p&p in search of a new gear. After removing 4 clusters in 4 sweltering hot cars, and then taking them apart in the hot sun, I found 4 broken gears.

I also found a big tach and a small clock!

The questions: The tach needle without power does not rest on the "0" but goes farther down the scale. Roughly 7 oclock position. Is this normal?

I found the red/white wire behind the dash to plug it into the single connector, but do I need the three prong connector?

Can I plug the small clock into the radio "allways on" wire?

Thanks in advance. (My new gear is on order)

Joe

It is time to go to odometergears.com, as you have already discovered that only 1 in 10 salvage 240s has a working odometer. Also, the needle on the tach is easily adjusted and something has bumped it. You will have to trial and error adjust it at idle or calibrate it with another tach.

"only 1 in 10 salvage 240s has a working odometer."

Darn, I only had 6 more to go.

Thanks for info on tach adjustment.

Joe

I'll bet you regret forgetting that 12" harness between clock and tach. But you can wire it like you propose; to any fuse that is alive always, like the one that keeps the radio program. And that shouldn't take you as long as going back for the cable at the junkyard. The clock's light should be wired in with the brown wires from the instrument lamp dimmer - probably quickest to run a lead right to the dimmer rheostat. Doesn't need dimming, I know, but you don't want it running off of always-hot clock power. Maybe the simplest way would be to duplicate that harness with a few feet of wire and some spade terminals.

I'm not sure about the zero on the tach. I can't recall it jumping up when turning the ignition on.

Wow - 0 for 4! That's bad luck. You know where to get them on line, right?
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Art Benstein near Baltimore

Thanks for the reply.

I was not aware of the harness, so I only regret not getting it now that I know about it. LOL. I am pretty decent with wires though so it should not be a problem.

"Wow - 0 for 4! That's bad luck. You know where to get them on line, right?"

Yes, I ordered it from odometergears.com. $29 for that tiny gear seems alot, but when I think of the money the brickboard has saved me, I paid it gladly.

Joe