Adding a Tacho?

Post by **Ferwoaza** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 1:25 pm

Just wondering if anyone knows what would be involved in hooking up a tacho to Heathers 84 1.0L zook?

Never done anything like that before so any info would be appreciated

Post by **zooki** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 2:09 pm

Pretty easy, most tacho's have the same wire colours so I'll go with that
Red, Ignition power goes to 12volt side of ballast resistor(The side that doesn't connect to the coil
Green, Signal pickup, Goes to the negative terminal of the coil.
Black, Earth, hook to good earth
White, illumination, On an early zook that's Red/Blue under the dash

Post by **moose** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 3:49 pm

zooki wrote:Pretty easy, most tacho's have the same wire colours so I'll go with that
Red, Ignition power goes to 12volt side of ballast resistor(The side that doesn't connect to the coil
Green, Signal pickup, Goes to the negative terminal of the coil.
Black, Earth, hook to good earth
Green, illumination, On an early zook that's Red/Blue under the dash

possibly mean WHITE !!!! :finger:

Post by **greg** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 3:53 pm

Hi Ferwoaza,

I'm not sure about what an aftermarket tacho is going to cost but you may want to consider doing what i did which was to buy from a wrecker a JX instrument board (dash board)...

It's totally a plug and play event, just unplug the old one, plug in the new one and then plug in a plug that comes out of the coil to another plug that sits next to the coil... once i worked out what i was trying to do it was literally a few minutes work (i.e. most of it was head scratching time trying to read a wiring diagram)...

And that way you won't have a massive tacho sitting on top of your dash board - i.e. it will look nice and stock.

cheers mate,
Greg

Post by **Ferwoaza** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:16 pm

I get the feeling Heather is going for the rice look? :lol:

Great info from all areas tho, will weigh up our options and go with the cheapest and easiest 8)

Thanks again

Post by **robbie** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:36 pm

I would go for the instrument cluster rather than a pilar/steering column mounted type tacho..

purely because of the idiot factor is so high, that people smash windows and pull them out of your car in 1 minute..

it just saves a broken window, and as already said - looks stocker, and nicer!

Post by **greg** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:46 pm

plus if you keep it stock looking you won't confuse it with NAM's if they are ever parked next to each other the car park

Post by **Liam** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 5:52 pm

Punch out one of the airvents and shove it in there.
If you're buying a new one it'll come with wiring directions.

Post by **robbie** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:01 pm

greg wrote:plus if you keep it stock looking you won't confuse it with NAM's if they are ever parked next to each other the car park

but you will still be able to tell nams, cause it will have all the sh!t and toys put on the dashboard so other chicks know he is taken :finger:

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