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Tachometer wire up?

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oldno7

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got a new tach but through out the instructions what wires do i splice any one got pics thanks
 
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Do you maybe mean a tach(ometer)?
 

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The signal generally comes from the negative side of the coil.
 
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black is your ground, red is ignition power, green is negitive wire to coil, white is power for the backlight on the tach.
 
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fox92 said:
black is your ground, red is ignition power, green is negitive wire to coil, white is power for the backlight on the tach.
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white to where like my gt fog light switch. witch lead to what there
 
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phone and t9
 
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no find the power wire to your headlight switch so when you turn your headlights on the back light will turn on
 
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fox92 said:
no find the power wire to your headlight switch so when you turn your headlights on the back light will turn on
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got it nice will try now let u know how it goes thanks a lot
 
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this red from ignition to red from tach



and this green or the red off coil

 

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Here is what I did..

Signal wire off the negative side of the coil

Illumination I just piggied back off the illumination wire for the rear defrost

Ground I just grounded to the dash support bracket by the radio

Ignition power I just spliced into the radio wiring

They are all fairly easy to get to
 
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got it easy. was just over thinking it

Thanks all
 
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