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Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher
I've had way better luck with the ford external regs than the dodge ones. My Dad's 91 F350 had a 7.3 in it and had an external reg from the factory....
I used to put dodge ones on and you'd be lucky to get a month out of one of those before the head lights and running lights were pulsating. No more of those. 
If you plan to run no vacuum line, plug your vacuum pump. |
I agree with Dieselwrencher's points. My K20 blew up it's battery last month using my second (or third) dodge external regulator. It was idling in my yard as i opened the gate and I heard a pop. Opened the hood and it had blown the site glass out of the battery. I jumped in to shut it down and it was charging at 18 volts at idle! The previous time it went out I fried both headlights and I've had constant pulsing problems. I planned on swapping to a GM alternator, but now I'll look into the F250 regulator.
I have also been running with my vacuum pump plugged for 5ish years, with no ill effects.
As far as tach, you may want to contact dakota digital, as they have optical sensor based techs and/or tach conversion boxes for magnetic pickups to alter the signal to the 4 pulse/revolution that a V8 tach is looking for.