spottedsquirl |
06-17-2009 12:51 AM |
82 F100 Tach help
Hi, I have an 82 F100 that was a base model off of the line with a 3.8 V6 with no factory tach installed. I now have a 302 V8 with a HEI coil top distributor. I used the factory wiring and CDI module from the 3.8 just to keep installation simple. I have the red power wire and the green tach wire ran to the HEI. Besides that and the stock electric choke wire that is all I am using of the factory wiring for the engine. My problem resides in getting a factory tach to work with my set up. I used advice from others and placed the tach in the stock location where the "blank" was used on the instument cluster. I used the printed circuit sheet that came with the tach. Now, when I turn the key to "on" the tach needle just goes all the way over to the other side as if that were 0. I have started the truck thinking maybe just a glitch but made no difference but, when I do rev the engine a bit say 2000 to 3000 rpm's the tach needle starts to bounce a little as if it was trying to read back wards for a couple hundred rpm's. Does anyone know how to wire the tach up straight to the distributor and get it to work that way? Am I missing something else that may be a simpler fix? I do have a Hayne's and Chilton's repair manuals with wiring diagrams and I am having trouble tracing the wiring to the tach through the circuit board, any help there would be much appreciated as well. Thank you.
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