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aftermarket tachometer wiring - 9/4/2008 5:03:12 PM

Bugly

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Hello all,
My son owns a 1995 Mitsubishi Mirage 1.5 engine with a manual transmission. He purchased a aftermarket tachomater and I am not sure how to connect the green distributor / coil wire. I dont know much about this car but I dont see a coil and there is no center wire from the distributor cap. Anyone with any experience on where this wire connects too? Thanks for any help.

Kevin

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RE: aftermarket tachometer wiring - 9/12/2008 4:22:20 PM

Lil Evo

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You can get tach at any injector. Get a digital multimeter with a good set of test leads, set it to AC and connect to the uncommon wire at the fuel injector (there are 4, so just pick one). You should see roughly 1 volt AC (could be as low as .6), and it will rise and fall with the motor''s speed. Strip that wire back, take a pick tool and make a hole in the wire and insert the wire going to the tach into it. Wrap tightly around the injector wire, solder and tape. Add a zip tie for stress relief, and there ya have it, TACH!!!

lol, good luck.

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RE: aftermarket tachometer wiring - 9/15/2008 10:43:44 AM

BEAT

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Sounds easy but it is not.

< Message edited by BEAT -- 9/15/2008 10:50:42 AM >

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RE: aftermarket tachometer wiring - 9/17/2008 5:31:22 PM

Lil Evo

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ORIGINAL: BEAT

Sounds easy but it is not.

Easy is relevant. I do this every day so it''s kinda second nature, sorry if it sounds overly simple. Once you know what you''re doing it''s not really that bad.

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