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hks33

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hey skyline lovers,

purchased a drift electronic rpm gauge just trying to find my tach signal i have flush mounted my gauge and now trying to find the tach signal from my coil ive unscrewed the allen key bolts on top of the head and am now stuck with the signal wire and finding my leading coil

can anyone please shed some light on this or will i have to wire it up to my ecu somehow

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this is a head case and a half i really am starting to get pissed off haha,

tryed attaching my tach signal on my digital rpm gauge to the yellow wire with the blue stripe after i stripped it behind the dials, also tryed the yellow and the green striped wire and just connected the + and the - to a battery that i got lying around, started the car and no luck...

the guy at autobahn said i have to connect it to my leading coil im in a real pickle at the moment my whole dash is apart and from 7p.m-2a.m ive been trying to sort this motherf*%$#r out and it wont work... will i need to connect it closer to my ecu or have i got the wrong wires completely? :):)

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Whats wrong with the awesome tacho next to the speedo that came form factory??? Get a shift light, preferrably one of the pencil types that don't stick out like dogs balls and then you'll be set...

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hey,

the rpm gauge that i currently have is flush mounted in my old cluster it has a inbuilt shift light about the diameter of a pencil if not smaller i believe this one looks 10x better i was just wondering if anyone could help with the wiring and how to connect this electronic rpm gauge to which signal wire if not wires

cheers chris

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had it connected to pin 7 (yellow with blue stripe wire) behind the cluster and temp to a + and - on a battery i got lying around and no rpm reading

will it have to be conencted closer to my ecu for a rpm reading?

thankyou for everyones time chris

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found a interesting thread that makes me think i have the wrong signal wire could it be pin 7? which i allready have tryed behind the dash cluster or could it be pin 53 "which is the Vehicle Speed Sensor signal is basically engine rpm's"i have read to connect it closer to my ecu for a reading but i would have thought if i have the yellow and blue striped wire (pin 7) behind my cluster i should get a reading the gauge is electronic/digital if that makes a difference?

here is the thread anyways http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Rp...ed#entry4042455

hks33 Experienced

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was reading over a thread a while ago and im not sure but dose anybody think i might have to attach a resistor and a tacho booster i have no signal from pin 7 which i connected behind the dash cluster which is the yellow with blue striped wire i will re-connect it tomorrow to pin 7 from my ecu

any ideas/thoughts much appreciated chris

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its a multi cylinder gauge can be switched once the power is fed to it with a click of a button...

went out today and purchased a signal booster for my ecu for $160 as i was told that is my problem as the current coming from the ecu is only 5-7v and the tacho is 12v when i power it to a battery it lights up/illuminates but when the signal wire is connected to pin 7 no rpm reading once the car is running and the gauge is set for 6cl mode

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