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Old 06-12-2005, 10:01 AM   #1
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Dumb Q- New Tach w/ HEI kills engine....

Seems simple enough to wire a tach, two leads and a ground.......

I bought an entire new tach dash, this is a Counterpart Automotive job.

Came with a Tach Harness and all........so one lead to bat switched and then the other lead goes that is for the coil, goes to the hei cap tach connection...........no seperate coil w/ hei.

as soon as i connect the tach harness, truck dies???

Yes the cluster has a very good ground......

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Old 06-12-2005, 10:09 AM   #2
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sounds like a bad tack that's shorted out internally
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Old 06-12-2005, 10:18 AM   #3
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Make sure the posts going threw the tach mounting plate are not touch the metal housing( the 2 post on the back with red bushing on them.)
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Old 06-12-2005, 01:12 PM   #4
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I had the same problem when i installed my new tach . Come to find out that the posts on the tach were upside down . So when i pluged in the wiring harness the red wire would wound up on the coil side of the tach . Your red wire should go to the positive side on the tach . I switched the wires on the plug in rather than taking the cluster of .
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Old 06-12-2005, 06:33 PM   #5
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sees like thats what it is....

thx i'll check for a short......
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Old 06-12-2005, 10:16 PM   #6
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Thanks Guys! That did it, the terminals on the back of the tach were reversed so that the harness went on reversed. I repositioned the terminals and the harness went on correctly......

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