If you can condition the input, there are a number of counter / divider chips. As long as you can shape the input to "pulse" them, you can set them up fairly easily as frequency dividers by triggering the tach from one of the high order bits.
An alternative would be a new hall-effect sensor and a magnet (or two) on one of the pulleys - like the water pump or crank - and use that to trigger.
The 4017 is a good start. Maybe look for a binary output counter. Best you'll get is being able to divide by 12 by ANDing the 8 and the 4 output, and wiring them back to the reset (I think)