Me thinks we now know why it doesn't work - don't worry they are not intuative to wire up. Check my post out to Alan about which way they go on the coil, bottom of tacho pulse wire to pos coil from memory. You can't hurt anything, one way it works and the other it don't.
TR > I did but I connected it to the negative side instead. I will try it on the > positive tomorrow. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 12:51 AM > Subject: RE: Tacho Wiring > > > > Zac, > > > > That's right on the 180BSSS pulse tacho, but the power wire is red and the > > earth is green from memory so they're pretty easy to figure out. BTW, do > you > > run your pulse connection wires right to the coil as I said you have to > with > > the GL wiring. If you don't the pulse type are unpredictable. > > > > regards > > Terry > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Zac Campbell > > Sent: Monday, 25 March 2002 12:37 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Tacho Wiring > > > > > > Terry, the tacho I have in my car at the moment (which doesn't work) is a > > 180b electronics inside a 1600 tacho body. The pulse wires are black/blue. > I > > used to hvae a 1600 tacho and that was white(/red?) as per usual. > > > > zac > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 11:35 PM > > Subject: RE: Tacho Wiring > > > > > > > Richard, > > > > > > We got this done, I wrote a bit of an essay on it. Have you ever seen > blue > > > pulse wires, the other colours (green & black) were screwy too so I was > > > flying blind. > > > > > > I forgot to ask Alan which wires turned out to be the Pos & Neg, I'm > > > guessing the green was pos as it would be weird if it was black. I > worked > > it > > > out which would be which by having a look down the guts of a 180BSSS > pulse > > > tacho - seems to have worked. > > > > > > regards > > > Terry > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Clough > > > Sent: Sunday, 24 March 2002 10:02 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: Tacho Wiring > > > > > > > > > The blue wire sounds like the pulse wire, its usually white. Disconnect > > your > > > coil +ve and connect it to a wire running to your blue tacho wire. The > > > return from your tacho becomes the coil +ve input, (Some one confirm > this > > > please, its been awhile since I wired one). > > > > > > The other 2 are the power and earth wires. Wire the power wire to a > > > terminal under the dash which becomes active when ignition is switched > on. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Alan Attwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, 22 March 2002 20:57 PM > > > Subject: Re: Tacho Wiring > > > > > > > > > > Seems no one knows anything about this subject. I'll have to take it > to > > > an > > > > auto electrician. Thanks anyway. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Alan Attwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 5:48 PM > > > > 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
