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How to Put a Tach Meter on a Lawnmower
How to Put a Tach Meter on a Lawnmower. Installing a tachometer on your lawn mower is especially useful in finding the limits to which your mower will cut without bogging down or dying. By watching the tachometer, you may determine more precisely the speed of the engine on your mower in order to keep it running, saving you time trying to restart it...
Installing a tachometer on your lawn mower is especially useful in finding the limits to which your mower will cut without bogging down or dying. By watching the tachometer, you may determine more precisely the speed of the engine on your mower in order to keep it running, saving you time trying to restart it after it dies. Monitor your lawn mower’s performance by installing a tachometer on your own.
Things You'll Need
Gas-powered lawn mower
Basic wrench set
Zip ties
Tachometer
Remove your tachometer from the packaging. Use a socket wrench to remove the engine cover from your lawn mower. Refer to your owner’s manual for directions specific to your mower model
Locate the spark plug and spark plug wire beneath the engine cover. This is where the tachometer’s reader wire will be installed.
Wrap the tachometer’s reader wire around the spark plug wire, near where it attaches to the spark plug boot. Use one zip tie near the boot, and one at the end of the coil to secure the reader wire to the spark plug wire.
Remove a bolt from the engine block. Set the ground wire of the tachometer underneath the bolt head and tighten the bolt down on top of it. This will ground the tachometer.
Follow the lawn mower’s handlebar with the tachometer’s cables, securing them with evenly spaced zip ties to keep them from getting caught or tangled when the mower is in use. Secure the tachometer to the handlebar where it will be easily visible while mowing.
Reinstall the engine cover of your lawn mower using a socket wrench. Start the lawn mower and look for a reading on the tachometer. By intentionally overworking the mower, you can watch the tachometer and learn its limits.
