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hi this is my first tim on this site i need some info about putting an autometer tacho on my ef 6 cyl i cant find the wire 4 the trigger so it will work i would be most thankfull for any help
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| fordman351 |
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niksenvyef wrote: hi this is my first tim on this site i need some info about putting an autometer tacho on my ef 6 cyl i cant find the wire 4 the trigger so it will work i would be most thankfull for any help
Dont worry dude, ILL answer your question. Just tap into the pink wire with the dark blue stripe on the back of your instrument cluster (thats the tachometer signal)  .
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hey just a quick question, your not going to be ricing up your nice inline 6 with a big tacho sitting on your dash and no power to back it up?
I want to do the same thing, but i remembered when i saw someone else that had done it nad it looked ricey.
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Thread tidied up.
Keep on topic please guys.
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| Ben_Daui |
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They don't suite Fords & any falcon besides a base model will have one anyway.
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Not being a b**ch n all and i kno its a little off topic so sorry in advance but geez guys its his car if he wants to buy some dials for it who cares honestly. If he started tryin to make his falcon look like a fast and furious car yeah sure i would jump in with the rice comments but common its only a tacho guys......................................
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| smally351 |
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Wouldn't it be easier to tap into the tacho signal at the diagnostic connector?
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yeah it probably would, i would assume that would work.
And in all seriousness, maybe some dont like em, but if he likes the tacho, who cares!? He asked if how to put a tacho in his car, not anyone elses. keyword, his car
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| smally351 |
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Exactly, he has come on here seeking technical advice, not personal opinions.
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| pkr |
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Ok I want to have a EF XR6 ricer could it be a ricer as all I can afford to put on it is my Autometer shift light tacho which came off my XY GT replica" ricer" that has been waiting for my big stroker motor since buying a bloody house in 98.
Now since that is out of the way it was connected to a V8 how do I hook it up for the 6? It has red, white, black and green coming from it that was hook up to the XY. By memory Red= + battery Black= - earth Green= - coil White= illumination There are 2 wires coming out that are looped brown and orange. My guess is I need to cut one of these to change setting to 6cyl. Any body know the correct answer? Putting gauge's on a Ford has been around longer than what the ricers have been adding gauge's have. |
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Sorry to dig up an old thread... but I couldn't get that diagnostic port method to work. Tried it for the hell of it and didn't work for me... Just lettin you guys know
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| horis |
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pkr alot of tachos have a switch on the back that can be switched from 4cyl to 6cyl to 8 cyl so see if yours has that switch on the back most likley
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| mr_rx7_ |
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Age: 38 Posts: 347 Joined: 10th Jan 2005 Ride: 2002 Mustang Cobra Location: Broadmeadows (Melb. North) |
Out of curiosity, wats so diff between 4-6-8 for the tacho?
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| mitchg911 |
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so it knows how many times the coil needs to be earthed to make the engine revolve once.
the tacho counts these pulses in order to display RPM, if its set wrong the tacho will believe its revving higher or lower than it is.. -mitch
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mr_rx7_ wrote: Sorry to dig up an old thread... but I couldn't get that diagnostic port method to work. Tried it for the hell of it and didn't work for me... Just lettin you guys know
fully sik bro, i wanna see dat tacho bro, wit da shift light uleh. |
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