flion
Well Known Member
I have a Barrett-built IO-540X(C4B5) which is a thing of beauty and I'm starting to do the back-end installations prior to hanging it. I'm intending to use a B&C backup alternator on the vacuum drive pad. I thought I was going to have trouble with interference with the oil system but, fortunately, swapping the spin-on adapter for an Airwolf remote system gave me barely enough clearance. *Heave sigh of relief*
Then I went to install the tach sender. It's one that is offset slightly but, even so, it will not fit with the backup alternator in place. One alternative is to cap the drive and use the tach feed from the Lightspeed ignitions, which is an option I'll explore with Aerotronics. But I prefer the independent sensor. So, before I give up, I thought I'd ask if anyone had run into this and what their solution was. Is there a close-quarters sender I'm unaware of? Thanks for any help offered.
Then I went to install the tach sender. It's one that is offset slightly but, even so, it will not fit with the backup alternator in place. One alternative is to cap the drive and use the tach feed from the Lightspeed ignitions, which is an option I'll explore with Aerotronics. But I prefer the independent sensor. So, before I give up, I thought I'd ask if anyone had run into this and what their solution was. Is there a close-quarters sender I'm unaware of? Thanks for any help offered.