I did this same conversion about a year ago, was very easy. Just make sure the console is properly grounded, or the tach won't work (neither will any of the lights in the console). The reason I know this is before I put the console back in the car, I decided to make sure the tach was working properly. It didn't work. I then proceeded to spend about an hour trying to troubleshoot why my tach wouldn't work. Once I noticed that none of the lights in the console were working either, it dawned on me that I likely had a grounding problem. Put a wire from the console to the body, and voila, everything worked perfectly.
Keith