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Old May 13, 2023 | 07:02 PM
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Adding Tachometer

I’m wanting to add an aftermarket tachometer to an 88 F250 that didn’t come stock with one. If anyone could shed some light on how to wire this up I would appreciate it! It’s a C6 trans if that makes a difference.
 
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Just did mine this weekend. Signal wire goes to the tan/yellow wire on the coil. Mine is a 95 so your color may be different. It's the coil negative. red wire I went to the washer/wiper fuse (keyed hot)
white went to the dash lights fuse. Black to ground. It was pretty simple. Set the switch on back of tach to 8cyl.

 
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Originally Posted by yeet
Just did mine this weekend. Signal wire goes to the tan/yellow wire on the coil. Mine is a 95 so your color may be different. It's the coil negative. red wire I went to the washer/wiper fuse (keyed hot)
white went to the dash lights fuse. Black to ground. It was pretty simple. Set the switch on back of tach to 8cyl.
thanks that’s very helpful!
 
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