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Just connect My timing light now Tach wont work?
I was just timing my new motor and I hooked up my digital timing light. On my Timing light it has a wire that goes to the + side of the coil and then it gives the rpm readout. My tach was working fine befor I hooked up the timing light now it is dead? Anybody have any ideas what I broke. 1977 usa with 2.7
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04-22-2008, 03:19 PM
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Don't connect anything to the coil. Connection should be made at the wire coming from the distributor, which is I believe a black/purple wire. You might have fried your tach and cdi. Good luck.
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04-22-2008, 03:36 PM
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I don't think connecting to the + side of the coil is so bad. A lot of people get their 12v power there when using a timing light. What may have happened is simply a wire got pulled loose. kwikt is right about the black and purple wire. Look to see that it's not off the connection. IIRC, it's on the other (negative) side.
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