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Old Nov 22, 2008 | 05:48 AM
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I need to put an electric tach in my 73 (tpi/hei conversion) The tach has 3 prongs ( power,ground , and to distrubitor) which one goes to which prong
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Holding the tach in your hand looking at the connectors. Left = Pos, Right = neg, the lower one is the signal wire. I have a picture somewhere, I'll see if I can post it.


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Here you go!

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Here you go!

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Thanks !!!!!!!!!
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You should still run a filter in line with the pulse wire! It will keep a spike from zapping the board.
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just wanna remember where i found this pic for later tonight when i install
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