im so proud of my electrically ignorant self. i just successfully installed my first ever 5" tach with shift light. i mounted it under the a/c vents and ran the wires under the steering column by the ecm and then under the door hinge and behind the fender to the engine bay. sounds tacky, but you cant see any wires. i didnt want to drill a hole in the firewall so i made do of what i had. none of the wires pinch or bind and they are all hidden. its really nothing to brag about but it was my first time at wiring something up. and before you say something about a tach like that being *****, i found out my stock tach is off by 1250 rpms at idle and it pins at 7k when the autometer tach is at 3.5k. well its still fun to act like im reving to 7k and above. :rockon: anyways, to anyone that felt kind of intimidated by this install, DONT BE. im a electrical idiot and i did it in about 1 hr.

 

you could have pushed it into the engine bay with the throttle cable...

 

help! i need to hook up my tach! i have green, black, white and red wires and no instructions!

 

GREEN is the wire you hook up to the negitive side of the coil normally a white wire

RED is the wire you hook up to power when the key is on

BLACK is the wire you hook up to ground

WHITE is the wire you hook up to your dimmer switch or tap into a dash light bulb somewhere

 

congrats on the install..

 

Wow, this is an old one. I miss Gta-Paladin.

 

...RIP

 

... its good to know that people have not forgotten. May he and his bird find rest in heaven.

 

what happened???

 

GTA Paladin was killed in a car wreck along with 2 passengers in his maroon GTA. RIP...

 

There is a sticky reguarding it in the transmissions forum. i had just joiuned the forum when the unfortunate topic was brought up. i give my condolences to the friends and family.