Need help finding tach setting

bailz2002

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Have a 78 25hp johnson, i hooked it up to an old nissan tach that was in the boat, tach works but i dont know what setting to put it on, it has to b 12 pole pretty sure only problem tach doesnt say which is 12, has a dial on back with 5 setting when turned i get pretty much all different ranges of rpm's even though a couple are real close, i looked for the tach on the internet and couldnt really find anything, anyone know how i can determine which is which?

much help would be appreciated am trying to find proper rpm's so i can determine what prop size to get.
running it on a 15 ft bomber marathon pretty heavy boat and dont think it is reaching optimum rpm's was going to go from 11" to 9" pitch if my rpm's werent to high.
 
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