Sticky Tach

[TexSurfs204]

Just bought a 2003 Marauder with 11K miles. It has been sitting in a garage. Looks new, drives new, but the tachometer sticks about 5% of the time. Do I live with it and hope by driving it more it just gets better, or is there some easy way to get in there and oil it? Thanks in advance...

[whitey]

Its a wacky tach, i have one and there is no cure as of yet....i use my scangauge2 for a tach

[fastblackmerc]

Pull the instrument cluster out, remove the tachometer and bend the contacts the tachometer plugs into. That might fix it.

[Jimimac43]

Mine did the same thing, I lived with it by tapping the cluster till the tach registered. Then it worked the rest of the day. The final solution and it was a permanent fix........................... .............................. ...... Sold the car. LOL!

[RacerX]

Gently pry the needle straight up. Some are pressed onto the shaft just a hair too much and bind a bit. Worked on mine anyway.

[capt512]

Mine was the female pins that the tac pushes into, I had to bend them in a little, the connection was loose.

[lji372]

2003 11k?

Not worth fixing. Ship it to me and I'll properly dispose of it. :D

Just drive it:burnout:

It needs a workout

[boatmangc]

I did all the above fixes on mine, no joy. I fixed it by changing gauge cluster.