1989 Ranger 2.3 8plug 2wd 5spd Tach Wire?
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1989 Ranger 2.3 8plug 2wd 5spd Tach Wire?
O.K. where do I hook up a tach on this little monster. It has the dual plug head. I can't stand driving a stick shift w/ no tach!!
One of my pet peeves....
One of my pet peeves....
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I believe most tachs have 4 wires. One is pos+, one is ground, one is for the backlight, and the other hooks up to your coil
I believe most coils have the spot marked "tach" that you need to plug into.
I forget the coloring of the wires, though, the tach papers may tell you, and I know there's someone on here that knows them...
I believe most coils have the spot marked "tach" that you need to plug into.
I forget the coloring of the wires, though, the tach papers may tell you, and I know there's someone on here that knows them...
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I belive it's tan/yellow for the tach wire in the Ranger. For some reason that jumps out to me.
Should be a tach wire in the main harness going into the truck, even if your truck didn't come stock with a tach, so you could just find the wire and tap into it.
Should be a tach wire in the main harness going into the truck, even if your truck didn't come stock with a tach, so you could just find the wire and tap into it.
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Thanks, do you mean tan with yellow stripe or just a tannish yellow color?
Sorry for all the questions, I don't want to hook it up to the wrong wire.
Sorry for all the questions, I don't want to hook it up to the wrong wire.
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Okay forget the tan/yellow wire. That seems to be wrong.
I can't seem to find the wire in the wiring diagram. I might be just missing it.
http://www.autozone.com/images/cds/g...3d800f947e.gif
I can't seem to find the wire in the wiring diagram. I might be just missing it.
http://www.autozone.com/images/cds/g...3d800f947e.gif
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Just in case anyone else is attempting to hook up Tach in there old POS ranger. I e-mailed Autometer and the tech line said the wire I need to connect to is the Black w/ yellow stripe coming from the ignition module.
Thanks RangerPilot for all your help.
Thanks RangerPilot for all your help.
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