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Mine is a post-205, pre-MSE J, branded as a 201.

Your photo of the all-EI setup doesn't look bad to me. Was it strange to have the EI tach by itself before you replaced the MP and fuel flow gauges?

M20J (201)

Hi all - I have a broken factory electronic tach that went from perfect to intermittent to completely dead in a day. My A&P has determined that the problem is in the tach generator, and that it's no longer possible to buy a new replacement generator. His recommendation is to buy the EI R-1 electronic tach as a drop-in replacement. This would be something like $1100 installed. I've read with great interest all of the various threads on tach replacement, and it seems that most people go with the EI unit for 2.25" applications. I'm not wild about the EI units, which have a curious LED arc, and appear not to have been updated in the past 25 years (so I would be replacing a 25yo factory electronic tach with a third-party electronic tach of the same vintage). I think that the LED format is odd, and replacing only the tach without doing MP and EGT would look particularly odd. I do not have an engine monitor, and I think that my preference would be to install something like the EI CGR-30P unit that could replace the factory gauges. EI is running a nice rebate offer right now for the CGR-30P, which would be 4x as expensive as the R-1 installed, with far more functionality. But the CGR-30P is a 3" display, and would not fit in the 2.25" factory tach hole. My understanding is that there isn't a 2.25" engine monitor that can replace the primary tach, and I don't have an available 3" hole unless I'm ready for major panel surgery. Any advice? Am I better off just buying the R-1 now? Something else? Would I still want the R-1 later after installing an engine monitor that's a primary replacement? (Is having an electronic tach even useful in the event of an electrical failure? Doesn't the tach die along with the engine monitor?) Hope I'm not beating a dead horse with this thread - would appreciate any thoughts.

It does seem odd. The AAA ad shows about +50 engine hours, so it's possible that the owner has moved it to Texas. Flightaware suggests it was heading in that direction a couple weeks ago.

And yes, to close the loop on AAA, this aircraft is listed there for $165k.

I emailed Jack's to let them know. And I reported it as suspicious on Barnstormers. Well, it was fun while it lasted

It's still on TAP for $164,900, so this may be either a typo or a scam. That price is consistent with the ad on Jack's Aircraft (and the TAP ad links to Jack's). The TAP ad indicates 566 SMOH, also consistent with the Jack's ad.

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