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·hi,
my stock tachometer has never worked right since i installed my Howell CA kit and an HEI distributor. so i was looking at the wiring yesterday and noticed that there were 4 wires coming out of the gauge - ground, two reds, one orange to fuse box. whenever i disconnected either of the two reds, my engine wouldn't start; it would crank but no juice to the spark plugs i guess.
how the heck does the stock tach work?
do the 2 red wires loop into the tach and back to the power wire powering the HEI distrib, therefore causing the non start problem whenever i disconnect it?
will i cause a engine fire if i just splice the two ends of the 2 reds together if it is a loop?
how can i incorporate the one tach wire from the HEI into the stock tach if the tach expects two wires?
thanks
Jack
83 CJ7 258/T5
Howell/HEI/CenterforceI
my stock tachometer has never worked right since i installed my Howell CA kit and an HEI distributor. so i was looking at the wiring yesterday and noticed that there were 4 wires coming out of the gauge - ground, two reds, one orange to fuse box. whenever i disconnected either of the two reds, my engine wouldn't start; it would crank but no juice to the spark plugs i guess.
how the heck does the stock tach work?
do the 2 red wires loop into the tach and back to the power wire powering the HEI distrib, therefore causing the non start problem whenever i disconnect it?
will i cause a engine fire if i just splice the two ends of the 2 reds together if it is a loop?
how can i incorporate the one tach wire from the HEI into the stock tach if the tach expects two wires?
thanks
Jack
83 CJ7 258/T5
Howell/HEI/CenterforceI