Teammuir1

I fly all scale RC... here is my web page..
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The second pic is not of me but to show you
my plane up against a guy..that kinda gives you the idea
as to how deep I am into RC... lol been flying for 36 yrs

Teammuir1

Vinivan

I found this on you tube.. its interesting..

about your Tach hook up.. I too want to install a tach...
seems though we have the same interests

Teammuir1

I have completed the right side...!!!. now... that sure feels like the old days when I did that for a living lol
Sounds so good nice and quiet ......So now I can move on to other things thats more fun lol

StanVan

So,you welded something to the broken stud to get it out? Lookin' good. And that instrument cluster, too You, and that red.

So, you'll be happy to hear the correct radio showed up on my doorstep today. Hope to install it tomorrow. And we're supposed to have sun on Saturday, so pics could happen.

Teammuir1

StanVan
Hey thats great to hear... finally some real tunes in that van,,,, lol
I couldnt remember are you hooking up Sirius too ?
YES SUN.. thas that.. lol it would be nice to have that pop out
I have many things still to do I cant seem to catch up with all the
things I had ordered...
My New grill came in the other day... and still have not had time
to install mainly cause I wanted to finish the engine up... I suspect
my OEM battery tray will be in today ( I will have to go pick it up )
but this weekend will packed full of projects..... lol

Teammuir1

I couldnt have the chrome one.. GM made a bone head move
and changed things up on me... lol so I had to improvise and come
up with my own personal touch.
So you like ? it does give that dash some color....

Teammuir1

StanVan
YES in short I built up the broken stud with the weld
once protruding I took a NUT..... and welded it to the weld
I built up... once Cool.. take a socket and ratchet and
back out the broken stud. TA DA..... lol

StanVan

No, I'm not doing the Sirius. But I chose this radio because it has the HD radio. It's digital, just like Sirius, but is done on the standard FM radio band, as a sub-carrier. And it gives stations the capability of multiple broadcasts, up to 4. And no subscriptions. Check it out;

https://hdradio.com/

You may be surprised at how many stations in your area use it. It is similar to what happened to TV. The difference is that turning off the older analog side is way in the future, if ever.

Teammuir1

I will check into the HD Radio stations....

Vinivan

Update on trying to install a tach:
Spent 4 hours trying to get it to work last night.
Wont work.
I tried a few wires that come out of the PCM and none of them put out a tach signal. Tried ones that are supposed to be tach outputs, along with trying an injector control wire. Also used the tip video above and tried to "boost" the signal with +12v going through a resistor. nothing worked.
Thought that maybe my aftermarket tach was bad, but a 30 second google search and 2 minutes later i had it working fine on my Miata...

In doing more research it sounds like there are a fair number of LS engined vehicles where the PCM just does not put out any kind of tach signal.
Autometer does sell an adapter harness with tach adapter (autometer # 9123) for LS engines without PCM output, but it is $180.

What i think i am going to end up doing is purchasing something that just reads the OBDII port under the dash.
Scangauge II ($160): little digital readout that will allow me to see a bunch of info on a small LCD readout...intake temp, mpg, A/F ratio, trans temp etc.
Dakota Digital STA-1000 ($100): adapter box that will output signal to a regular tach. has option to output to a speedometer as well (adjust for different tire sizes down the road!)