Re: Tac.

["Ben Jr. Morgan" <polara_hotrods@xxxxxxx>]

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Ok, I'll take yours and Bob's words for it. Thanks!!!



Polara_Blues




> From: Dave Casey <dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: Tac.
> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:33:54 -0500
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> It sounds like an aftermarket tach that came on a Ford as most of the 
> original ford tachs of the era used a ground and the positive side of the 
> coil and nothing more, save for lighting.
> I would wire it as Bob said and it should work.
>
> Dave Casey
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Crockett" <bcrocket@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 11:20 PM
> Subject: Re: Tac.
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> polara_hotrods@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > On a 17 year old budget you can guess I don't have the bucks for a new 
> > tac.
>
> > Well, my grandad gave me one that mounts on the steering wheel, exactly 
> > what
>
> > I need. It came out of a Mustang unfortunately (it was a factory tac),
>
> > I can't seem to grip how to wire it up though. I know two wires have to go
>
> > to the coill. No problem there, only which two??? I have four: white 
> > orange
>
> > green and black. Anybody got any ideas here??? Thanks.
>
> I dunno about the tach wiring on a Mustang, and I don't guess a brand F
> tach would do irrepairable harm to your Polara, but the wires on my
> cheapie tachs from "AwfulZone" have black, white, RED, and green wires.
>  On them, the Red is to a switched +12 volt source, the Black is
> ground, Green goes to the coil _negative_ terminal, and White is to the
> dashboard lights for the light in the tach.  Note, only ONE wire goes to
> the coil; the Green to the coil negative.
>
> In my experience, the coil negative is pretty commonly used for tach
> signal, but that is no guarantee that brand F didn't do it differently.
> The best source would probably be a Factory Service Manual for the
> Mustang.  OTOH, maybe someone else here knows for sure!  I do recall the
> instructions for those AwfulZone tachs saying "don't ground the green".
>
> Good luck!
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