Terry, Sorry to sound like a broken record. :) Thanks heaps for the info. Your datsun knowledge is unbelievable. Andy.
>From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: 1600 factory tacho wiring....... >Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 23:28:45 +1000 > >Andy, > >Here is how you wire the impulse type of tacho into a 1600. The 2 white >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 white 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 white 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 to identify which wire is connected directly to the coil terminal. > >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 white 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 white 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 white 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. It's a good bet that >the Green wire on yours is +ve and the Black wire is the -ve but here's >how you check so you know for sure. > >Look at the back of the tacho again with the white 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 (Earth) 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. Also, some 1600 looms have the plug that you can just >connect into the dash lighting circuit and on the loom side and 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 Andy Nielsen >Sent: Wednesday, 21 August 2002 9:47 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: 1600 factory tacho wiring....... > > >Sorry brad.... I've been super busy the last few weeks. >Havn't tried the tacho yet. Mainly because I hadn't >worked out the wiring yet. >It has the looped white wire - I'm assuming negative coil. >A green wire - Positive??????? >A black wire - Earth?????? >I want to make sure I get it right before I hook it up >and blow it to pieces. >Can anyone confirm my guesses.... :) > >Andy. > > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com --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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
