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freddie206

Member Since: 18 Oct 2015
Location: Skipton
Posts: 90

[Wanted] Genuine Td5 Tachometer/Rev Counter

It’s a long shot but has anyone one they’d like to part with.

18th Aug 2022 12:49pm

M94PUMA

Member Since: 16 Dec 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 152

All I can say is- Really DO NOT buy one made by Smiths Gauges. (It’s has td5 logo and looks almost identical to the genuine unit) sold by rimmer bros for £160.
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I purchased one and it was completely dead. Other then illuminating with the light switch it didn’t move with the engine revs. All wiring checked and tested. Returned to rimmer bros expecting a refund.. But no. They had to return it to the manufacturer (smith gauges/ Caerbont) and rimmer bros would only refund if there was a fault with it. (Despite me telling them it didn’t work and speaking with Caerbont over the phone to try and resolve the problems).
They “tested” the gauge on their bench tester and apparently it worked fine, so they put the blame to the supplied wiring loom that is included with their gauge. (The loom was actually fine, it was the gauge that was faulty but they wouldn’t admit it.)

I had to wait nearly three months before I got any money back from rimmer bros.
Lesson learnt, only buy the genuine gauge if you can find one!!!

Luckily I put a post up on here and a chap contacted me with a near new/ second hand unit for £300 I believe? Wired it up worked perfectly 👍🏻

20th Aug 2022 11:45am

freddie206

Member Since: 18 Oct 2015
Location: Skipton
Posts: 90

You know what? I was looking at those yesterday! I was weighing up whether or not I should be impatient and order one but I'm sure glad that I didn't!

I've searched high and low for a genuine one but they seem to be few and far between!

20th Aug 2022 2:07pm

Procta

Member Since: 04 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 5267

M94PUMA wrote:
All I can say is- Really DO NOT buy one made by Smiths Gauges. (It’s has td5 logo and looks almost identical to the genuine unit) sold by rimmer bros for £160.
[img]

Click image to enlarge

I purchased one and it was completely dead. Other then illuminating with the light switch it didn’t move with the engine revs. All wiring checked and tested. Returned to rimmer bros expecting a refund.. But no. They had to return it to the manufacturer (smith gauges/ Caerbont) and rimmer bros would only refund if there was a fault with it. (Despite me telling them it didn’t work and speaking with Caerbont over the phone to try and resolve the problems).
They “tested” the gauge on their bench tester and apparently it worked fine, so they put the blame to the supplied wiring loom that is included with their gauge. (The loom was actually fine, it was the gauge that was faulty but they wouldn’t admit it.)

I had to wait nearly three months before I got any money back from rimmer bros.
Lesson learnt, only buy the genuine gauge if you can find one!!!

Luckily I put a post up on here and a chap contacted me with a near new/ second hand unit for £300 I believe? Wired it up worked perfectly 👍🏻

i wonder if mine is the same unit then, mine seems to drop the revs and just sit at zero every so often.
be cause i have had the dash to pieces and everything is connected ok Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

In the words of my Good Friend, Gary Forrest 1980 -2025
" we will work something out"

21st Aug 2022 12:19am

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