Connected it up today and its running fine. All I need is a couple of lights in the back for night driving. Shouldn't be too hard to find. Appreciate the help
----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Attwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 9:07 AM Subject: Re: Tacho Wiring > Your a legend Terry, thanks a heap. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Terry Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 9:15 PM > Subject: RE: Tacho Wiring > > > > Alan, > > > > Here is how you wire the impulse type of tacho into a 1600. The 2 blue > wires > > connect into the positive coil loom wires and the other 2 wires in the > > centre of the tacho are for 12v battery power and earth. Don't be tempted > to > > splice into the ignition circuit behind the dash unless you can see a > > pigtail wire that's usually got heaps of insulation tape wrapped around > it. > > The impulse wires must be wired into the loom as close to the coil as > > possible but I've found that not all 1600's are wired like this. The 1600 > > SSS wiring loom is different from the Deluxe/GL etc as it caters for the > > coil circuit to have this type of tacho. Some models circa 1971/72 > actually > > have the wires to the coil already in the loom with a pigtail connector > > that's removable and allows you to simply remove the pigtail wire and plug > > in the blue tacho wires. > > > > If you have to add the impulse wires then here are step by step > > instructions. > > You will need some male & female spade connectors and 2 wires long enough > to > > go from the blue wires on the tacho when fitted into the dash to the coil. > I > > use what's called figure 8 wire for the coil and good quality speaker wire > > will do and if you're lucky one of the wires will have a stripe which is > > useful. > > > > Connecting it up. > > I usually connect up the tacho to check that it's working correctly before > > fitting into the dash - it's easier to trouble shoot that way. > > > > Remove the loom wire from the positive side of the coil. Connect one of > the > > wires of the F8 wire to the positive coil terminal (I use the solid colour > > on speaker wire for positive coil terminal with female spade connector) > and > > connect the other side of the F8 wire (striped with male spade connector) > to > > the positive coil wire in the loom that you just pulled from the coil. > > > > Look at the tacho from the back. The 2 blue wires loop through the plate > > vertically. Fit a female spade connector to the bottom wire and a male > spade > > connector to the top wire. The blue wire at the bottom goes to the > positive > > side of the coil so connect it to the other end of the F8 wire with solid > > colour. The blue wire on top goes to the existing wire in the 1600 loom > that > > was on the positive terminal of the coil. > > > > Now for the other wires i.e. +12v battery and Earth. > > Look at the back of the tacho again with the blue loop wires at the bottom > > of the tacho. > > You'll see a small circuit board down the hole, one wire will go through > the > > board and disappear and the other wire turns right above the board and > also > > disappears. The wire that goes though the hole in the board is the > Negative > > and therefore the other wire is the Positive. > > > > Some 1600 tacho of this type have two external plug in connectors in the > > housing for lighting. Some 1600 looms have the plug that you can just > > connect into the dash lighting circuit and on the loom side it is a 3 pin > > female connector. The colours loom side to the connector are Green/red, > > Green/black and Black. If your car hasn't got the connector then it's > pretty > > easy to just splice into another light circuit, the green wires on the > tacho > > plugs are positive and the black wire that are joined together and the > > negatives. > > > > I hope I've covered this well enough so that you can understand it - feel > > free to ask questions. > > > > regards > > Terry > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Attwood > > Sent: Wednesday, 20 March 2002 5:48 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Tacho Wiring > > > > > > Terry, > > The two blue wires don't have any crimp fittings on them, they look > like > > they've been cut and stripped. They do loop through the plate with the > > 'long screw thingy' like you said. The green wire has a spade crimp and > the > > black has also been cut. They go into the centre of the back, there is no > > grommet but it's probably just fallen off at some stage. If you can give > me > > some ideas i'd really appreciate it. > > > > Thanks. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Terry Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 11:31 PM > > Subject: RE: Tacho Wiring > > > > > > > Alan, > > > > > > We have to identify exactly which tacho you've got here, the wiring > > colours > > > are a bit different to what I've seen and wired into other 1600's. > > > > > > 2 x Blue wires? the 1600 SSS pulse tacho wires are normally white, the > > power > > > is red and the earth is green. The electronic type has 4 different > > colours, > > > i.e. white, red, green & black. One thing for sure is whatever type it > is > > > both blue wires wont connect to the -ve side of the coil. Do the blue > > wires > > > loop through a small shiny plate with a long screw thingy sticking up at > > the > > > bottom of the tacho and the other two wires go into a rubber grommet in > > the > > > centre of the back of it? Do the blue wires have connectors on the ends > eg > > a > > > male spade on one and a female spade on the other? I'm thinking you've > got > > > an in series and the other two wires will be +12v and earth but which is > > > which. > > > > > > Is it a 1600 tacho you've got, a 180B SSS tacho has 2 x blue/black wires > > but > > > the other 2 wires are red and green so I don't think that's what you've > > got. > > > > > > If you give me some more detail that I've asked for I should be able to > > tell > > > you how to wire it up. > > > > > > regards > > > Terry (anyone seen this wiring combo in a 1600 tacho) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Attwood > > > Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2002 5:14 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Tacho Wiring > > > > > > > > > Hi yal. > > > Just got myself a SSS tacho (apparently from a GL, you may have seen > > the > > > ad in the ozdat classifieds). I'm not 100% sure how it hooks up, > there's > > > two blue wires, a green and a black. Apparently the blue wires connect > to > > > the negative terminal on the coil, but I don't know about the other two. > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
