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hey guys i am the proud owner of a very clean 93 dodge 1 ton dually, 12v for $4,000, and wanting to know where i can find a diesel tach and how do i hook it up. thanks
-Jon

not sure on the tach but congrats on the truck.....post pics when you get a chance...waytogo

+1 on the pics and Welcome.

ll get pics asap as soon as i go to pick up the truck hopefully thuis friday or monday on my day off., thanks for the welcome guys glad to be here

Uh, there should be a mechanical port coming off the injection pump that spins a tach cable for your tach. I don't really know of a diesel tach, which would be nice with a lower redline, but most guys just go ahead and use an 8K Autometer or what not.

Isspro makes one for you , and the connections for it are under your dash. I just have to remeber which pins. . . . .

I had a 93, selling it was the single worst thing I ever did. Great truck, great buy. Good luck with yours, if it shows up missing, don't check my yard!rotfl

Isspro makes one for you , and the connections for it are under your dash. I just have to remeber which pins. . . . .

I had a 93, selling it was the single worst thing I ever did. Great truck, great buy. Good luck with yours, if it shows up missing, don't check my yard!rotfl

So you are saying that the tach is an electric tach on 1st gens? I know they are electric on later models but figured 1st gens were still mechanical cables.

ya i've heard and been told thre i a wire plug under the dash but i dont know which isspro tach should i buy that will just hook right up or do i have ot buy the wiring for it also?, i'm working on pics guys didn't get a chance ot get the truck this week but we are going this week, and thankyou fo the help.
-Jon

hey diesel nut which isspro tach will hook right up, or do i have to buy the wiring kit also i saw on the website?

ya diesel nut which isspor tach will work, and do i have to buy the wiring kit for the dodge i saw also?

ya diesel nut which isspor tach will work, and do i have to buy the wiring kit for the dodge i saw also?

heres the only pic i have right now

http://auto-rv.com/browse.aspx?AdName=CI5210552, milage si high but it has been takin care of.

http://auto-rv.com/browse.aspx?AdName=CI5210552, only pic i have of the truck and yes i the miles are high but it has been takin care of, i have all the records.

You might check with a dodge dealer, as they used to sell a tack that fit onthe dash by the left piller. I don't know how the hook up is as the 93 that i bought in 95 already had it installed! My 93 was a ext cab DRW with a 5speed and 3:53 rears. It got 20mpg for years. Then i switched over to syn. oil and it went to 22mpg. After a valve adjustment and more fuel through the pump and bumping the timeing, it went to 25mpg at 55 on 2 lanes. I sure do miss ole blue!!! These mpg figures were running empty and doing the math after a 100 plus fill up. I know a fellow here in centrel florida that can relly make a old 1st gen blow a lot of black smoke and still get some great mpg.

sorry guys the 93 didn't happen got sold out from under me, but i bought my dads 97 12v instead, so i guess it all ended up pretty good.

Lemme look into it. Been a little while since anyone asked me that.