I started ripping and tearing today on my Lund, replacing plywood, wiring,
and just junk that went nowhere and did nothing. Got a good start on it.

On the tach, I was surprised to find a vacuum line. The globe on the
tachometer is foggy, so I don't have a clue if this was functioning or not.
I was surprised that a tach would be vacuum operated. A VERY long line from
motor to dial.

A couple of questions: How can I check this? Just fire it up in a barrel
of water, and see if there is suction? Put a vacuum gauge on there? (I'd
have to buy one.) Or just put a 1/8" end plug from my gardening stuff on a
shortened stub on the motor, and fergaddabout RPM's, which really don't mean
much to me on a 40. I can hear more than a tach can tell me. A new digital
tach from Northern Tools is about $40, and that would just be $40 that I
could spend on carpet or towards a bimini, or towards upholstery material.
Gas even.

Guess I should take some before and after pics to show everyone. Just
making a silk purse out of a sow's ear, but it needed some dressing up, and
mods.

Steve