Mark. Just a thought for you. Depending on where you place the tacho. It could be very dark/hard to see during the day. I have actually tapped my guages into the cigarette lighter wiring so when I turn the ignition on they light up automatically. It is really good on thoes long country drives sweeping through the shade that all the overhanging trees make on the roads. or it even makes up for that extra dark tint. Just a thought for you. Later. Rick White.
--- Mark Firman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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 > _____________________________________________________________ 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
