Re: Update: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-03-07 Thread mike f
We, meaning many experienced Hot Rodders, told what to do! You can not hurt this Tach! Ground on side and touch other leads to you battery charger and see what happens. One is Display light. One is tach power and the other is signal. Otherwise, go buy another tach and quit wasting time on this

Re: Update: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-03-07 Thread Graham Wooden
Thanks for the honesty Mike; regards. Quoting mike f [EMAIL PROTECTED]: We, meaning many experienced Hot Rodders, told what to do! You can not hurt this Tach! Ground on side and touch other leads to you battery charger and see what happens. One is Display light. One is tach power and the

Re: Update: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-02-28 Thread Bill Lessenberry
At 02:24 PM 2/27/2005, you wrote: At 09:30 AM 2/27/2005, you wrote: Bill, if you can do that for me, that would be cool. I would appreciate it! -graham Graham, try this see if it's any help http://www.chevelles.com/forum/ultimatebb.php/topic/22/5289.html BL

Re: Update: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-02-28 Thread Graham Wooden
Thanks Bill! Quoting Bill Lessenberry [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 02:24 PM 2/27/2005, you wrote: At 09:30 AM 2/27/2005, you wrote: Bill, if you can do that for me, that would be cool. I would appreciate it! -graham Graham, try this see if it's any help

Re: Update: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-02-27 Thread Graham Wooden
Bill, if you can do that for me, that would be cool. I would appreciate it! -graham On 2/26/05 4:02 PM, Bill Lessenberry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks! -Graham 67 SS http://www.projectchevelle.com Graham, try putting this on Team Chevelle in the electrical forum. There are

Re: Update: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-02-27 Thread Bill Lessenberry
At 09:30 AM 2/27/2005, you wrote: Bill, if you can do that for me, that would be cool. I would appreciate it! -graham Here it is-- http://www.chevelles.com/cgi-bin/forum/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/22/5330.html? You might have to type the ? in the url, 'cause for some reason it doesn't want to copy

Update: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-02-26 Thread Graham Wooden
Hi, Well, finally got some time to work on this again. I hooked up the three wires coming from the main-section of the tach, but no go. With black going to ground, either with the blue going to 12v and/or yellow going to coil, I am getting no activity from it. Someone before asked to know what

Re: Update: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-02-26 Thread Bill Lessenberry
Thanks! -Graham 67 SS http://www.projectchevelle.com Graham, try putting this on Team Chevelle in the electrical forum. There are guys there who are wizards when it comes to gauges. Or, if you don't want to do that, I'll do it for you. BL

Re: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-02-10 Thread Graham Wooden
I am not sure what brand it is, but I opened it up to check it out and I can't figure it out. Is there any tests I can do with a my volt/ammeter to know for sure what wire is what? I guess I can hook up the tach and give it a shot, as per Tom's suggestion. I'll see if I got sometime this

Re: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-01-26 Thread tigergutt
is the coil, but that's just a guess. Tom - Original Message - From: Graham Wooden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Chevelle Mailing List Chevelle-list@chevelles.net Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach) Hi Tom, It does

Re: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-01-26 Thread tigergutt
is the coil, but that's just a guess. Tom - Original Message - From: Graham Wooden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Chevelle Mailing List Chevelle-list@chevelles.net Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach) Hi Tom, It does

Re: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-01-25 Thread Graham Wooden
Hi Bill, Yup, I can tell the colors - I *assuming* the black one is ground. The two mystery wires are yellow and blue. I am reading the values from the tach - it's not wired or connected to the car. Neg on the black and the positive on the yellow and the again with the positive on the blue. Is

Re: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-01-25 Thread Graham Wooden
3:06 PM Subject: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach) Say you had three wires coming from a tach - one was ground, one was the power and one was the coil lead. Now, if you couldn't tell the power and coil leads apart, which is the best method to do so? One is reading a lower

Re: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-01-25 Thread Bill Lessenberry
At 10:20 AM 1/25/2005, you wrote: Hi Bill, Yup, I can tell the colors - I *assuming* the black one is ground. The two mystery wires are yellow and blue. I am reading the values from the tach - it's not wired or connected to the car. Neg on the black and the positive on the yellow and the again

Re: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-01-25 Thread Tom Tomlinson
List Chevelle-list@chevelles.net Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach) Hi Tom, It does, and that wire has been accounted for. However, there could be another bulb in there because of the turn signal. Good question, I will try

[Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-01-23 Thread Graham Wooden
Say you had three wires coming from a tach - one was ground, one was the power and one was the coil lead. Now, if you couldn't tell the power and coil leads apart, which is the best method to do so? One is reading a lower ohm reading than the other ... is that the coil wire? TIA. -Graham 67 SS

Re: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-01-23 Thread Bill Lessenberry
At 02:06 PM 1/23/2005, you wrote: Say you had three wires coming from a tach - one was ground, one was the power and one was the coil lead. Now, if you couldn't tell the power and coil leads apart, which is the best method to do so? One is reading a lower ohm reading than the other ... is that the

Re: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach)

2005-01-23 Thread Tom Tomlinson
: Sunday, January 23, 2005 3:06 PM Subject: [Chevelle-list] General wiring question (tach) Say you had three wires coming from a tach - one was ground, one was the power and one was the coil lead. Now, if you couldn't tell the power and coil leads apart, which is the best method to do so? One