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Originally Posted by 1972BlueC20
... and a pic that I drew lines onto of how I think I can run the wires for the tach since I have HEI
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Yes, the way you have it drawn in that pic would work.
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Originally Posted by 1972BlueC20
....also a picture of the tach harness that came with the cluster. I don't think I need this harness since it appears to be for a points style distributor and I have HEI.
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Yes, that harness does appear to be for a stock points distributor. However, you could still use it with HEI by simply cutting the forked terminal off the end of the brown wire and replacing it with an HEI tach connector like this:
http://www.repairconnector.com/produ...Connector.html
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Originally Posted by 1972BlueC20
I also have a tach filter, some say I should use it, others say I don't need it....if I do use it, how would it be wired into this equation? I read the instructions but I'm still not 100% sure how to hook it up.
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If you use that filter, you'll want to make the following connections:
(1) Black wire to a good ground.
(2) Yellow wire to the "coil" terminal on your tachometer. If you locate the filter in the engine compartment, you could spice the filter's yellow wire to the tach harness' brown wire.
(3) Red wire to HEI "TACH" terminal. This connection can be made using an HEI tach connector like I posted above.
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Originally Posted by 1972BlueC20
Lastly, does the tach have it's own light inside or does the 2 lights on either side of the tach illuminate the tach itself??
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Illumination is provided by the 2 lights in the cluster on either side of the tach. So there are no separate lights to hook up.