Wiring Tachometer to Tiller Steer Motor

[Parrot_King]

Just wondering if anyone has ever wired a tachometer to a tiller steer Outboard?

i have the 2008 suzuki 40hp 2 stroke tiller steer outboard with electric start.

any help would be great

cheers Mike

[dreemon]

Hi Parrot King, Yours should be fairly easy since it has the charging system for the starter, but depending on the type of taco it is , it could be different , on mine it had 3 wires, one for light in taco ? the others were 1 black and 1 red, black gets bolted to engine block and red to the positive side of the rectifier,

the rectifiers look a bit different on each engine but does the same thing, mine I tapped into the red to the bottom left of the square box (left side pos, right side neg).

then depending on how many cylinders it has you will need to adjust the "pole" setting, I have a 2 cyl, so my pole was set to an even number, when you start the motor it should sit close to 1100 - 1200 rpm in idle when on the muffs, in the water and in "F"gear it should be near 900 rpm, give it a small rev and the needle should jump quickly, if not just change the pole setting , let me know if I can help more, :) cheers

[FNQCairns]

Each to their own because only the owner knows what suits them but here is one place it becomes almost mandatory to buy the manufactures loom, will give you a spot for remote key start/choke, tacho, trim tilt, t&t gauge if applicable and then (should have) all manor of extra power supplies for other stuff you may choose like temp and water pressure gauge etc.
IMO this loom is the only near mandatory manufacturer part needed for the conversion.

cheers fnq