Rev Counter help!

[clioRL]

Hi,
I've just registered and have been looking around the site, seems very informative and friendly and you all seem happy to help!

I have recently bought my first car, a 1992 Clio RL and i'm very happy with it but it does not have a rev counter which I would really like, I have bought an aftermarket one but I need to find out where the sender unit for the rev counter is, I have been told by a local car electric company that it is possible to fit but as I am on a budget I would like to fit it myself.
Has anyone done this or know where the sender unit is?

Thanks in advance
Martin

 

[16v_jon]

they attach to the coil dont they? is it a fuel injection model 1.2?

 

[patty]

yup attach it to the coil!

 

[clioRL]

Thanks for the replies, It's not a fuel injection model. How would I go about attaching it to the coil?

Thanks in advance

 

[sandshrew3000]

i want to do this aswell... where did you get your counter from?

 

[patty]

ebay is prob ur best bet^^

 

[clioRL]

I got mine from motorworld, It cost £30, it comes in it's own pod, whie faced, it illuminates in the dark and you can set the redline and when it reaches that it lights up a different colour to tell you to change gear.
Does anyone know how to attach it to the coil? Also what is the redline on 1992 1.2? 6250rpm?

Thanks

 

[sandshrew3000]

I got mine from motorworld, It cost £30, it comes in it's own pod, whie faced, it illuminates in the dark and you can set the redline and when it reaches that it lights up a different colour to tell you to change gear.
Does anyone know how to attach it to the coil? Also what is the redline on 1992 1.2? 6250rpm?

Thanks

kool, i dont no anything about fitting them tho...

 

[Maxx]

You could just get a full guage from an rt or a 1.4 with a rev counter and should just plug in and play if you didnt want the hassle

 

[16v_jon]

as its not injection chances are it wont work without some kind of sender unit, if its not injection is it the 1.1 model you have? didnt know they did a carb 1.2 RL

 

[clioRL]

To be honest i'm not sure whether it is injection or not, going by the haynes manual my car has the E7F engine which is non injection I think, is there an easy way to tell if it is injection or not?

 

[clioRL]

Bump! Someone must know!

 

[clioRL]

Just read the manual properly and found out that it is an injection engine so will it be a straight connection to the coil?

 

[clioRL]

Please help me!!!!!

 

[clioRL]

:bump:

 

[clioRL]

Somebody must know how to attach it to the coil?!

 

[Nebdingo]

as you bought the unit from motorworld, it must have come with some instructions.

 

[clioRL]

Yes the instructions say: Attach to a feed that is only powered when the ignition is on (I was going to use the fag lighter) Another lead goes to a decent earth, and the third wire goes to "your vehicles tacho sender point" So they aren't much help really!

 

[4836]

the 1.2 are injection.
the easiest thing to do would be get a dash from a RT then u get the water temp aswell.
all the wires for the rev counter are taped up behind the dash will take u about half hour to change, and will only cost about £10 from your local scrappy

 

[clioRL]

Thanks 4836, So do you mean that the wires will be taped up behind my dash? So it would just be a case of finding them and plugging my rev counter in? If I went got one out of an RT would I have all the wiring for the temp gauge aswell?

Sorry for all the questions!!

Martin

 

[4836]

yeah everything the same as your dash i did the same to mine. the ones for the rev counter is a black 2 pin connector (or 3 pin). it's just taped to one of the wiring looms. then if u get a oil level gauge from an RT that will work aswell. you'll have this connector on the back of sump somewhere aswell

Chris