Autometer Tach
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Autometer Tach
My friend replaced his 3 3/4" tach with a 5" tach and he gave me his old one. Unfortunately he left without telling me how to hook it up. If anyone has ever installed an aftermarket tach on a Ranger with distributor-less ignition (coil packs), which wire on the primary coil pack do I hook the tach on to?
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If you could find that number it would be great. I don't feel like splicing into the wrong wire and permanently fubaring my truck. Since I don't have a tach, though, where would that wire end? Hopefully not behind the dash.
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Here's what I did...
On my 1992,on the driver's side fender,the tan/yellow wire was in that loom of wires.There's about 10-12 in there.Pretty easy to spot.Then,I just ran the tach wire into that loom and back into the truck.Worked out pretty good.All of these Ranger's have the wires for the tach signals.Kinda makes you wonder why Mr. Ford didn't put them in there from the factory...
I don't know if your's will be in the same place that mine was though,your's being a 1998 and all.Once you find the wire,the rest of it is easy as pie
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On my 1992,on the driver's side fender,the tan/yellow wire was in that loom of wires.There's about 10-12 in there.Pretty easy to spot.Then,I just ran the tach wire into that loom and back into the truck.Worked out pretty good.All of these Ranger's have the wires for the tach signals.Kinda makes you wonder why Mr. Ford didn't put them in there from the factory...
I don't know if your's will be in the same place that mine was though,your's being a 1998 and all.Once you find the wire,the rest of it is easy as pie
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As long as there is no other wire that looks similar, I think I have the right one. Thank you for all your help guys! I'll let you know how it works out, maybe tomorrow if I can clean the pools fast enough.
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Thanks to all for your help! I spliced and cut and routed wire and in the end it actually worked! I was surprised considering how ugly the job was since I was losing sunlight fast. My friend was expecting the truck to explode when I turned the key and I expected nothing to happen because I cut the wrong wire. Thanks again to everyone who had any input on this!
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Sounds like all went well for you 
.I love to see another Ranger with a tach 
lol.These things are pretty fun.I bought my SunPro 3 1/2" off of eBay for $50 brand new.It even has a little LED shift light that I jjust love lol.The only problem that I have now is that the light on my tach is "white",my gauges can glow in 6 different colors,and I have a CD player that has those screensavers on it.The colors get pretty freaky when I'm driving down the road.I think that I'm going to try and find a blue bulb for my tach 
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The splicing and cutting of these wires is pretty simple.As long as you know what the correct color is,you're golden.I tell you one thing,cutting,stripping,twisting,capping,etc. wires is a thing of the past.They have these little clips now that you can slip over the wire,put the new wire in the other side,press it down till it snaps,and you're done!It's as simple as that.I always keep some on hand.
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.I love to see another Ranger with a tach lol.These things are pretty fun.I bought my SunPro 3 1/2" off of eBay for $50 brand new.It even has a little LED shift light that I jjust love lol.The only problem that I have now is that the light on my tach is "white",my gauges can glow in 6 different colors,and I have a CD player that has those screensavers on it.The colors get pretty freaky when I'm driving down the road.I think that I'm going to try and find a blue bulb for my tach .The splicing and cutting of these wires is pretty simple.As long as you know what the correct color is,you're golden.I tell you one thing,cutting,stripping,twisting,capping,etc. wires is a thing of the past.They have these little clips now that you can slip over the wire,put the new wire in the other side,press it down till it snaps,and you're done!It's as simple as that.I always keep some on hand.
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