Tachometer wireing
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Mountain Pass
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Tachometer wireing
im wanting to put an aftermarket tach (autometer or something) in my 1995 Ford F-150 5.0L/302. my dash doesn't have a tach in it and the engine might be a mustang 302. the ignition module isn't on the distributer dispite the fact that its MAP
any help would be apreciated
any help would be apreciated
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From: Brunswick, Ga
I just put a tach in my truck and the green wire goes to the neg wire on your coil, the white is for the light in the tach, i ran it with the power wire to have the light on all the time, then obviously you have the red and black wires for power and ground.
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you will have to use a test light to see, unplug the coil and see which wire is hot, my truck had a red and a brownish colored wire going into the coil, the brown one was neg on mine, but the wiring may be different on yours
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I just did exactly that. Picked up the instrument cluster at the junkyard for $22. Swapped the parts around and everything works great. Much better than aftermarket which is what is on my 90. The 93 looks a lot better with the factory tach.
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Mountain Pass
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I've got one laying on the work bench waiting for a free afternoon...
Grabbed it out of a 92 Bronco in the junkyard for $13
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Grabbed it out of a 92 Bronco in the junkyard for $13
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