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MUNTED
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 Posted - 19 Jan 2007 : 4:19:14 PM
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hi guys im new to this site but rekon this is a top site anyways ill get to my problem i just brought a typr R tacho and went to go fit it i put red wire with the cigerette lighter and black wire with an earth this would sound all right but wen i got to the green wire i wired it up to the brown wire next to the strut tower on the passanger side i started the car up had it on park and set the rev to how i liked reved the car and nothing happened so i thought !@#$% so i pulled out the claster and looked for a brown wire with red stripes there was none to b found so i tried every single brown wire there was there still not working so by now my blood was starting to boil i tried the last thing i cuold thing of was the wire underneath the coil pak tried wiring that up still not working. is there anything im doing rong??? P.S great site this is good to know theres a site to help us out. CHEERZ!
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mouce
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Posted - 19 Jan 2007 : 8:23:07 PM
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Take the signal from the tacho wire in the dash, much easier. Pull the cluster out and find the brown wire with the red stripe (it's in there somewhere).
I know that it's there, it has to be there. You might have to pull out the connectors that the cluster slots into, because it will be on the back of that.
It does not matter which level instrument cluster you've got, the tacho signal wire will be there. Even in the cars with L1 clusters (temp, speed, fuel) the tacho wire is there, which means that you can yank the L1 cluster and drop in an L2 cluster.
Sometimes it's cable tied right up and out of the way, so you might have to do a bit of digging for it, but it's going to be in there.
The other possibility is that you have blown the fuse to the ciggy socket. Make sure that it's behaving properly and that the gauge is actually getting power. Maybe even a dead gauge? Try it in another car and see what happens.
Either way...welcome to the club, hope you stick around for a while. More to the point, I pray to god that you're not putting this tacho in a stock auto. |
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VN Mad88
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Posted - 19 Jan 2007 : 8:43:54 PM
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Hey i just did this mod the other day
like mouce said pull out the cluster, now on the left hand side there is a series of wires behind a red(think) clip. use a screw driver and pull this out now there are about 8 wires there. Now wire the green wire to the brown with red stripe wire, the red to the pink with black stripe, the black wire to the to the bottem black wire, and the yellow to the brown wire with the white stripe. btw there are two of these so i thgink either1 is ok. this will wire up the whole tacho to the same spot, i found it much easier and neater, the only thing is you will have to drill a hole so the wires can all fit through.
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MUNTED
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Posted - 20 Jan 2007 : 12:41:21 AM
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| HI MOUCE AND VN MAD88 thanx for the help ill try it tomorow morning i got another problem sorry bout all these Q but wen i drive my car and it starts to warm up theres like a noice near the belts like a crunching noise or somthing is loose also theres a tapping noise near the rocker cover cuold that be the roller rockers or if u can tell me wat it is and how would i do to fix that problem thanx again guys. CHEERZ! |
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MUNTED
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Posted - 20 Jan 2007 : 12:43:01 AM
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Originally posted by mouce
Take the signal from the tacho wire in the dash, much easier. Pull the cluster out and find the brown wire with the red stripe (it's in there somewhere).
I know that it's there, it has to be there. You might have to pull out the connectors that the cluster slots into, because it will be on the back of that.
It does not matter which level instrument cluster you've got, the tacho signal wire will be there. Even in the cars with L1 clusters (temp, speed, fuel) the tacho wire is there, which means that you can yank the L1 cluster and drop in an L2 cluster.
Sometimes it's cable tied right up and out of the way, so you might have to do a bit of digging for it, but it's going to be in there.
The other possibility is that you have blown the fuse to the ciggy socket. Make sure that it's behaving properly and that the gauge is actually getting power. Maybe even a dead gauge? Try it in another car and see what happens.
Either way...welcome to the club, hope you stick around for a while. More to the point, I pray to god that you're not putting this tacho in a stock auto.
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MUNTED
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Posted - 20 Jan 2007 : 12:44:04 AM
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| wat is rong with putting a tacho in a stock auto is it different all just stupid to put it in lol |
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mouce
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Posted - 20 Jan 2007 : 5:08:00 PM
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The primary function of a tacho is to show you the engine speed so that you know when to shift gears. Unless you're a tool who drives a stock auto and manually shifts it there's no reason to have a tacho in there (unless you race it on a track). Putting one in a stock auto is almost as usefull as fluffy dice and fake 'turbo' stickers. It's good for an extra 5rwkw, but only in your mind.
The ticking noise up near your rocker covers could be one of two things, one, it could be slightly noisy hydraulic lifters, which really isn't a problem at all. Or it could be just the normal noise your injectors make. Just by how they work, injectors tick when they are working. With the engine running, open the bonnet, and touch one of the injectors, you should feel it ticking regularly.
The crunching noise is a bit more of a mystery. Do you have the V6 or the V8? If it's the six, try to work out if it's coming from the top or bottom of the engine (either that or left or right side would be helpfull too) |
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MUNTED
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Posted - 21 Jan 2007 : 02:24:07 AM
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| yeh i found the brown and red stripe wire n pink one and all that it was behind that orange connector thing anyways did everything that was supposed ta b done and still doesnt work ill probly buy a L2 cluster instead u wouldnt know how much there going for? or where i can pick one up in melb. its v6 and its coming from the top left hand side the crunching noise. thanx for ur help and ill say it again top site this is. CHEERZ |
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mouce
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Posted - 21 Jan 2007 : 12:22:11 PM
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Check out any wreckers for L2 clusters, there's a few people on here wrecking VN's, see if there are any L2 clusters around here you can have for cheap. Personally I wouldn't pay any more than $50-$70 for it. Anything more than $100 and you're getting screwed badly.
As for the noise, take off the engine drive belt (place a spanner on the nut in the middle of the belt tensioner arm and loosen the belt), then spin each of the pulleys by hand (except the big one down the bottom, you aren't going to be able to turn that by hand). You'll probably find that one of them is crunching a bit. Replace it and you should be okay. |
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lolo
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Posted - 21 Jan 2007 : 4:46:06 PM
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| I've got a spare L2 tacho... if ur in melbourne. Bought it cos I thought the original wasnt working... turns out the speed sensor wasnt working |
Marcus Rogulic R.I.P (1980-2007)
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Rusty McCrusty
Starting in the driveway
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Posted - 09 Apr 2007 : 3:11:19 PM
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hi
I have been trying to put a tacho in my sons vn
I have tested the tach on my 350 and it worked fine but after wiring it up as specified on this post it is not working. I ran the engine and put a multimeter on the brown/red wire and there is only .02 of a volt reading. does anyone know what the voltage should be for the tach wire?
Cheers
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