Dakota 2WD V8-4.7L (2008)
Tachometer: Description and Operation
Description
DESCRIPTION
A tachometer is standard equipment on all instrument clusters. The tachometer is located to the right side of the instrument cluster, just right of the
speedometer. The tachometer consists of a movable gauge needle or pointer controlled by the instrument cluster circuitry and a fixed 210 degree scale on
the gauge dial face that reads left-to-right from 0 to 7. The text RPM X 1000 imprinted on the cluster overlay directly above the hub of the tachometer
needle identifies that each number on the tachometer scale is to be multiplied by 1000 rpm.
The tachometer graphics are black against a white field, making them clearly visible within the instrument cluster in daylight. When illuminated from
behind by the panel lamps dimmer controlled cluster general illumination lighting with the exterior lamps turned ON, the white gauge dial face appears
blue-green with the black graphics silhouetted against the illuminated background and the red gauge needle still appears red. Gauge illumination is
provided by an integral electro-luminescent lamp that is serviced as a unit with the instrument cluster.
The tachometer is serviced as a unit with the instrument cluster.
