I just finished installing an Autometer SportComp Tach. Sarted the car, and it ran between 1500 and 2000 off through the whole RPM range. I connected the coil wire to the smaller of the 2 wires coming out of the coil (green), was this the correct wire? Is my tach broken?
this damn thing is pissin me off. so i pull the cut wires out of the back of this thing just so i can figure how to reconnect them, and when i turn the car on the tack no longer reads, checked the connection with coil wire and its fine along with the others. it does twich and spike when i start the car. also the shift light still works and i can still adjust it, just now when i adjust it the needle moves up and down with the adjustment. damnit, am i just stupid or sumthing?
well the tach was free, perk of working at a car dealership, also, it had just been working not minutes before, it seemed only too scew up when i messed with the cut wires. oh well, ill hook the wires up and see what happenes i guess.
another step closer to throwing it away, so i havnt had a chance to connect the wires, but when i officialy installed the tach, (screws instead on glue) now all the sudden the shift light clicked on and wont shut off, its a little bit dimmer than when it signals, but its still bright and saying on, when i get to the shift point it gets brighter then when i drop below those rpms its resumes its dimmer but still on action.
and another thing, this may be jst because how i hooked the power, and dimmer wires up but when i turn on my blinkers im getting a wierd clink noise from inside the fuse box. WTF MATE!! why does it seem i always have the big probs with the small installs? oh well
id check where u grounded the tach too, i had a bad ground wire on mine, and when i turned the headlights on, the shift light would light up, and the tach would go up to 5k and sit.