Terry, Thanks for replying, i am a bit stumped! It doesn't have any shift lite or memory functions, but I have worked out that the two black knobby things are actually the back of two seperate globe holders, so i guess the two connectors sticking out of the back of each of them are the positive and negative to power the globes. Any idea where i should connect these to so that the tacho lights up when i turn the lights on?
As far as the other three wires go they are Blue, blue/red and red. I guess these must somehow connect to the coil, but i just don't know how! I understand how a pulse tacho works, but how exactly does a sensor type tacho work?? Sorry for all the questions :-) but i'd appreciate it if you could shed some light!! Mark F. --- "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mark, > >Give me all of the wiring colours. The VDO is a sensor type tacho so it will >have something like red, green, white, black - 3 more wires? I've wired a >few of these in my time but can't remember what all of the wires do - has it >got a shift light or some sort of memory functions? > >regards >Terry > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Firman >Sent: Monday, 19 August 2002 3:19 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: tacho wiring > > >Hi guys, > >My standard 1600 tacho has never been accurate so just got a VDO tacho from >a friend of mine and i want to wire this up in the car. I understand that >the std one is a pulse type tacho, but i am unsure what type the VDO one is >because it isn't that new. Is there some way i can test this?? >Also, i can only see 4 wires coming out of the stock tacho, two go to the >coil, and i'm guessing the other two are power. The VDO tacho on the other >hand has 7 positions for wires to join! There are two black knobby things >sticking out on each side that each have two female connectors on them, and >then there is a panel with numbers 1 to 8 spots where more connectors could >come out, but only 2,3 and 4 have connectors there. >Basically, i have no idea what wires to hook up to where, so any tips would >be great :) my friend seems to remember all 7 connectors being hooked up to >something, so i'd say i might have to run a few more wires to somewhere - i >just don't know where !!! > >Any help would be really appreciated! >Cheers, >mark firman > >_____________________________________________________________ >Get Your free Ozdat Email Account >---> http://www.ozdat.com > >_____________________________________________________________ >Promote your group and strengthen ties to your members with >[EMAIL PROTECTED] by Everyone.net http://www.everyone.net/?btn=tag > > _____________________________________________________________ Get Your free Ozdat Email Account ---> http://www.ozdat.com _____________________________________________________________ Promote your group and strengthen ties to your members with [EMAIL PROTECTED] by Everyone.net http://www.everyone.net/?btn=tag --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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
