t5 mk 1 rev counter help

[soulboy]

cause I cant get it to work anyone else had this problem cheers

[goldeneye]

only about 10,000 others! the early digital ones f@@ked up at the drop of a hat, the analogue ones dint last that well either. apart from cleaning connections, it used to be a full speedo swap to cure it, unless its been worked round . not cheap to replace speedo either..... 30 years old next year some of them!

[Herman]

Can only echo what Goldeneye says. I've had around ten over the past three or four years and Ive not had a rev counter that works.
You'll be lucky to get a working rev counter and I've not heard of one being repaired. I know a few people who have had auto electricians try to fix them by messing around with the circuitry and changing diodes, but without success.
I reckon that if anyone is able to repair them, they would be onto a little goldmine.

[chrisM]

On a very lucky day mine does work ... for some time.

I have a friend who claims his rev counter is working without problems at all ... his T 5 hasn't left the garage in the last 5 years or so .

[soulboy]

cheers fellas this is the 1st one ive had that don't work

[acko]

My old T5 used to have a working rev counter.
This one on my current scooter doesn't work.
I have a spare speedo unit that the rev counter does work on but that's being kept back in reserve.

[smiffy1968]

I must be lucky then. Got an '87 mk1 and the digi tacho works a treat. I've had an analogue one start smoking whilst riding then pack up. Everyone took the p155 when i told them. Then about a year later someone else had the same problem.

[soulboy]

don't like the digi ones at all I was told it could be a bad earth