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Old Feb 8, 2003 | 09:04 PM
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installing a tach....

where do i find the 12v dash lighting for the tach? im sure some people here have installed tachs in their superduties. this is a 91 f-superduty with a 460. help!
 
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Old Feb 8, 2003 | 10:56 PM
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Probably the easiest place to find a good source for the light is at the headlight switch. The brown wire is for the park lights and that would work. I believe the dash lights are a light blue with red wire but I'm not positive. Take a test light and check to see what wire has power when.
 
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Old Feb 11, 2003 | 07:40 PM
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well where do you hook the green wire on the coil? we were trying to find it but we cant see where to put it.
 
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Old Feb 11, 2003 | 09:36 PM
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You use the wire on the negative side of the coil....tan with yellow stripe.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 02:00 AM
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do you just splice into it or just hook it up to the negative terminal?
 
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 09:05 AM
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You splice the green wire from the tach to the tan wire at the coil.
 
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