Remove the instrument panel cover. Remove the tachometer retaining screws. Remove the tachometer cable from the back of the tachometer. Reverse the process to install the new tachometer.
The "check engine light" on a Mazda three is located to the left lower side of the tachometer. It is orange in colour.
A tachometer measures RPMs, and a hand held tachometer is used to measure the speed of smaller things, like engine parts. A hand held tachometer is usually used to measure the RPMs in a car engine, but tachometers have also been used to measure the rate of blood flow in the body.
The " check transaxle " warning light is located in the bottom of the tachometer on the left . It is a explanation mark inside a round gear
you need a tachometer
There are many places online where you can purchase a portable tachometer however, you may want to go to a website like PriceGrabber.com to get the best price.
More than likely the engine in the car is the 6 cylinder 2.5 Liter engine. An easy way to tell is to look at the instrument cluster. To the left of the speedometer should be a tachometer on 6 cylinder models. On the tachometer on the top will be a V-6. If there is no tachometer or a tachometer that doesn't say V-6 the engine is a Inline 4 cylinder 2.0 liter engine.
look at your trany it should have a wire going into it on the top side in the middle
The Mazda tachometer and the speedometer have separate cables. The tachometer cable probably does not work properly. Change the tachometer cable.
The tachometer cable may be faulty. The tachometer sensor, on the side of the engine might not be functioning properly.
You will need to hook up your tachometer to the coil connector. After disconnecting the throttle sensor and applying the hand brake, look for the plain black wire at the coil connector to hook it up to.
You can perhaps buy a used portable tachometer by going on to www.amazon.com