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Hook Up Tach......PLEASE LOOK

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Old 02-10-2008, 02:03 PM
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Default Hook Up Tach......PLEASE LOOK

Im in the Middle of Installing my Auto Meter Tach/Shift Lite and ive ran into a small problem

I know where every wire goes but the Green Wire goes to the Coil.....

Ok what wire do i splice on the Coil to add the Green wire...


Thanks any info would REALLY help....
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Old 02-10-2008, 02:23 PM
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Splice it into the green coil wire, then negative side. Or you can look at your coil and see if it says + or - on top of it
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Old 02-10-2008, 04:57 PM
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tac pick up wire goes to neg side of coil
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Old 02-11-2008, 12:21 PM
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yeah its a stock coil so theres no + or - to hook up to so i have to splice A WIRE.....

WHICH ONE???
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Old 02-11-2008, 02:44 PM
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Good information there. thanks
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Old 02-11-2008, 02:48 PM
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what year is your car?
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Old 02-11-2008, 10:11 PM
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I used the tan/yellow wire from my tfi plug, I asked a tech at ford and he found me a wiring diagram for it.
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hook the green wire to the neg side of the coil
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Old 02-11-2008, 10:26 PM
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If I remember right, I hooked mine into the tan/yellow also

I would go look but my car is at a friends
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Its a 95 5.0 5sp Bone Stock
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