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Evening fellas. Trying to get my tach working & I've done a lot of reading but none of this is getting through to me. I have the inline 6 and the dash has a stock tach there but it's not working. From what I have read I need to locate the green & yellow wire & hook that up to the coil? Can any of y'all identify which is the green/yellow wire I am looking for in one of these pics? And if so what do I need to do from there to get it hooked up? This is probably way easier than I think but it's not making sense to me. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
   
1986 Ford F150 XLT 4X4. 300 I6 w/ 4 speed manual.
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If your wiring is original then the wire will already be hooked up. You can see it in the diagram below coming off the right side of the coil:
Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile
Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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Is this going to be the wire Gary? If everything is plugged in I wonder why it doesn't work.
1986 Ford F150 XLT 4X4. 300 I6 w/ 4 speed manual.
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That should be it.
Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile
Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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In reply to this post by emunder
Nice to see a Wix/Dana oil filter on there!
Your engine looks amazingly unmolested. Are you sure someone hasn't swapped in a tach cluster where there wasn't one before? Otherwise I might try following the "goes to EEC" diagram in the EVTM that Gary posted a page of. Sometimes connectors get a little fuzzy and they just need a little De-oxit and being replugged. The engine wouldn't run if the computer couldn't break ground on that green wire, so it must be between the computer and the tach in the cluster.
Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake. Too much other stuff to mention. |
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I feel like a complete dumbass...#18 fuse was blown. Replaced it and now the tach works like a charm.
1986 Ford F150 XLT 4X4. 300 I6 w/ 4 speed manual.
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Simple fix is always nice!
 Wish my truck was that easy.
Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake. Too much other stuff to mention. |
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Good job!
Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile
Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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