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no speedo after carb swap

Old May 4, 2010 | 12:54 PM
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Car: 1987 Trans Am
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no speedo after carb swap

I took the ecm completly out (was a 305 tpi) and I can't get my speedo to work, I read something about a buffer box on here, what exactly is that?
I have a TCC switch that uses the VSS, so I assume it will run the speedo if I connect it to the original wires so I need to know what color the original wires running to the speedo in the dash are (my haynes manual says brown and black/white but none of those seemed to work)

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Old May 4, 2010 | 03:02 PM
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Buff It Out

The buffer looks like this.

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It should be located near the ECM.

On some thirdgens it’s behind the dash.

Different years/models used different wire colors.

You can probe the buffer with an audio amplifier.

The line with the higher pitch goes to the speedo.


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