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Old Feb 6, 2015 | 12:15 PM
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tach wire

I bought the sunpro super tach II and could not figure out where the tach wire on the 1991 caprice might be. I attached pictures from the ignition coil. Noticed one pin not present, is this where i connect the green wire of the tach since my car has no factory tach ?
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Old Feb 6, 2015 | 03:14 PM
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Re: tach wire

1991 Caprice TACHOMETER WIRE- PURPLE/WHITE or WHITE At Ignition Coil
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WIRING INFORMATION: 1991 Chevy Caprice
WIRE WIRE COLOR WIRE LOCATION
12V CONSTANT WIRE RED Ignition harness
STARTER WIRE PURPLE Ignition harness
12V IGNITION WIRE PINK Ignition harness
12V ACCESSORY WIRE ORANGE Ignition harness
POWER DOOR LOCK (+) LT. BLUE Harness In Driver’s Kick Panel From Driver’s
Door
POWER DOOR UNLOCK (+) BLACK Harness In Driver’s Kick Panel From Driver’s
Door
PARKING LIGHTS (+) BROWN Light Switch Or Harness In Driver’s Kick
Panel Running Toward Vehicle’s Rear
DOOR TRIGGER WIRE (-) WHITE At Under dash Light
TRUNK RELEASE WIRE (+) BLACK At Trunk release switch
TACHOMETER WIRE PURPLE/WHITE or WHITE At Ignition Coil
BRAKE WIRE (+) WHITE Plug At Brake pedal switch
HORN TRIGGER (-) BLACK Harness At Steering column
LEFT FRONT WINDOW UP DARK BLUE At Motor Inside Driver’s Door
LEFT FRONT WINDOW DOWN BROWN At Motor Inside Driver’s Door
RIGHT FRONT WINDOW UP BLUE/WHITE Harness In Driver’s Kick Panel From Driver
Door
RIGHT FRONT WINDOW DOWN TAN Harness In Driver’s Kick Panel From Driver
Door
LEFT REAR WINDOW UP DARK GREEN Harness In Driver’s Kick Panel From Driver
Door
LEFT REAR WINDOW DOWN PURPLE Harness In Driver’s Kick Panel From Driver
Door
RIGHT REAR WINDOW UP LIGHT GREEN Harness In Driver’s Kick Panel From Driver
Door
RIGHT REAR WINDOW DOWN PURPLE/WHITE Harness In Driver’s Kick Panel From Driver

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Old Feb 6, 2015 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ab007
I bought the sunpro super tach II and could not figure out where the tach wire on the 1991 caprice might be. I attached pictures from the ignition coil. Noticed one pin not present, is this where i connect the green wire of the tach since my car has no factory tach ?
And this has what to do with a third gen?
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Old Feb 7, 2015 | 06:24 AM
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Re: tach wire

Thanks a lot Bob88GTA. I did search many places, everywhere it said white wire and even the wiring diagram i have says white wire at ignition coil, the list of cars i got with the tach had camaro and the 305 has a white wire, so you can imagine my confusion. willexoIX, since camaro's have 305's i figured there must be some similarities.
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Old Feb 7, 2015 | 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by ab007
Thanks a lot Bob88GTA. I did search many places, everywhere it said white wire and even the wiring diagram i have says white wire at ignition coil, the list of cars i got with the tach had camaro and the 305 has a white wire, so you can imagine my confusion. willexoIX, since camaro's have 305's i figured there must be some similarities.
I understand that, but there is a Caprice forum that would have answered your question. Instead of adding a thread to this forum that has no technical information about a third gen.
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