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5'' monster tacho problem

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i have a problem i have installed two tacho's and both light up but the rpm dosn't do anything i ran 1 of the wires to the coil 1 to the accserories and 1 to the ground and it still dosn't work help ??????????
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Post by shanec86 »

have you set the tacho to read a 4cyl?
did you hook up the wire to the correct side of the coil?
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shanec86 wrote:have you set the tacho to read a 4cyl?
did you hook up the wire to the correct side of the coil?
yes and yes i wonder what els it cold be?
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Post by Android 360 »

the real problem here is that you have a 5" monster tacho....
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hahahaahahha NO not funnie the real prob with you is you own a sh1t box exa.
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lol nah u got it all wrong he owns a topless (tits out) shitbox exa :P

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Post by josh »

pull off your instrument cluster and run a wires from the dash tacho. i have done the reverse before (run a wire from the coil to the dash when the tacho stopped working). then see if it works.
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Post by SammyET »

the main thing is... when i installed a tacho i ran the wire to negative of the coil and the needle jumped around to the shit and therefore was crap. Instead i spliced the wire in BEFORE the transistor atop the coil.. and all was good as gold. In other words the signal wire from ecu.
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still no workieee it's f*&%)#$ bullsh*&
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.HOLDEN ASTRA ET TURBO. wrote:hahahaahahha NO not funnie the real prob with you is you own a sh1t box exa.
You should be banned for saying that!..... Im not even joking.....

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back on topic... whats wrong with the original tach to be needing a monster?
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Post by Ash »

i could use a monster tacho to see how far my ET is revving past 8g but i hate monster tacho's! i have another idea! :wink:
you shouldn't need a monster tacho for a standard engine though.
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wog clock, standard issue in stocko TD geminis
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Panda_ET wrote:wog clock, standard issue in stocko TD geminis
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Post by Android 360 »

gee someones got a bug up his butt. get a sense of humor dude and dont diss other peoples rides..

as said above, fuck the coil BS, find the factory tacho signal wire and use that. if you really want you can use a ring terminal and put it on the screw on the back of the cluster. look on the circuit and there will be one that says signal or something along those lines.
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Post by .HOLDEN ASTRA ET TURBO. »

oh well i like the wog clock's becouse i am a wog and i do own a td slx gemini with a p port rotar and it will eat any et / exa you put up to it any way my turbo astra costed me $250 of a mate and it is just a thrashie i might just burn it IT'S JUST A SHIT BOX ET THAY ARE ALL CRAP NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO TO THEM. ;)
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