Simple Tach Wiring Help (86)
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Le Mans Master
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From: Seattle Area WA
Simple Tach Wiring Help (86)
Ok, I picked up a Autometer 3 3/4" tach today to put right infront of my terribly inaccurate tach. All I am wondering is where exactly I should hook stuff up to.
Like the green wire, should I splice into the existing tach wire or bypass it completely?
And where should I hook up the white (12V Dash Lighting (+)) wire and where the red (Switched 12V (source on Fuse Box) ) wire.
I know these are probably really dumb, but I just want to do it right and haven't had much experience with wiring.
Thanks guys.
Like the green wire, should I splice into the existing tach wire or bypass it completely?
And where should I hook up the white (12V Dash Lighting (+)) wire and where the red (Switched 12V (source on Fuse Box) ) wire.
I know these are probably really dumb, but I just want to do it right and haven't had much experience with wiring.
Thanks guys.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Seattle Area WA
Re: Simple Tach Wiring Help (USAsOnlyWay)
I am just looking for which wires I should splice into.... come on someone can at least look at it! I think my idle is way out of wack, please guys.
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From: Kyle TX (Because Mojo Made me fill it in)
Re: Simple Tach Wiring Help (USAsOnlyWay)
Ok, I picked up a Autometer 3 3/4" tach today to put right infront of my terribly inaccurate tach. All I am wondering is where exactly I should hook stuff up to.
Like the green wire, should I splice into the existing tach wire or bypass it completely?
Like the green wire, should I splice into the existing tach wire or bypass it completely?
And where should I hook up the white (12V Dash Lighting (+)) wire and where the red (Switched 12V (source on Fuse Box) ) wire.
[Modified by VetteNoob, 1:49 PM 5/2/2003]
Drifting
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Re: Simple Tach Wiring Help (USAsOnlyWay)
Not sure about the wires offhand, but I do have a tip.....get a male-female connector at Radio-Shack with however many wires you have. Makes it much easier when you have to remove it for whatever reason.
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Re: Simple Tach Wiring Help (USAsOnlyWay)
Its been years since I hooked up a tach but as I recall you hook up the wire for the dist. at the negative side of the coil. (on the terminal from the coil to the dist.) The switched wire hooks into the fuse box piggy backed onto circuit that is active only when the key is in the "on " position...ie: guage fuse.
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Le Mans Master
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Re: Simple Tach Wiring Help (ittlfly)
Awesome, thanks guys! I was worried this one would just slide away.
The Male-Female connector awesome idea, too bad I checked that post after I tapped into the tach wire coming from the dist.... :smash:
So I, will proceed, it looks like I am going to tap the red wire into the gauge thing coming from the fuse box, and tap the white into maybe a wire that leads to one of the lights in the dash that are trigger by the sensor?
I am going to go down and do this right now, so hopefully I will start up the car in a bit and have an actually functional tach!!! Thanks, I will get back to you guys asap!
Man this forum rules! :grouphug:
The Male-Female connector awesome idea, too bad I checked that post after I tapped into the tach wire coming from the dist.... :smash:
So I, will proceed, it looks like I am going to tap the red wire into the gauge thing coming from the fuse box, and tap the white into maybe a wire that leads to one of the lights in the dash that are trigger by the sensor?
I am going to go down and do this right now, so hopefully I will start up the car in a bit and have an actually functional tach!!! Thanks, I will get back to you guys asap!
Man this forum rules! :grouphug:
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Le Mans Master
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Re: Simple Tach Wiring Help (USAsOnlyWay)
Well, I had some one stop by who wanted to check it out while I was about to dig in, and just my luck I found a new adventure. . . :mad
Whenever I hit the lights the door ajar ding goes crazy....so I geuss postponed until I figure out that, don't want to hook up to anything crazy. Thanks again guys, looks like I might still do that male/female connector thing anyway!
Also, what was the route you guys took to get the wires through the firewall?
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Whenever I hit the lights the door ajar ding goes crazy....so I geuss postponed until I figure out that, don't want to hook up to anything crazy. Thanks again guys, looks like I might still do that male/female connector thing anyway!
Also, what was the route you guys took to get the wires through the firewall?
[Modified by USAsOnlyWay, 9:59 AM 5/3/2003]
