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i would like to add a tachometer to my 79 ford truck but it has never had one on it,how would i add this?

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my truck is a 79 ford custom with a 302, 4 speed trani, and no tachometer. I really want to add one but not sure how to do so. if you can halp me out that would be great.

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7 Responses to “i would like to add a tachometer to my 79 ford truck but it has never had one on it,how would i add this?”

  1. jim h Says:
    February 27th, 2008 at 5:39 am

    It hooks up to the coil man. One wire. says right on it tach. look and see. real easy.

  2. luis g Says:
    March 1st, 2008 at 1:27 am

    buy a tack and look at the wiring diagram just disconnect the battery so you do not have a short

  3. Ron B Says:
    March 3rd, 2008 at 5:36 pm

    Go to the parts store and buy a tach. It will have full installation instructions with it. It’s not hard to do at all>

  4. mr marty Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 2:16 am

    Buy the tach. One wire to the coil.Read the directions.

  5. Mr. T Says:
    March 5th, 2008 at 9:21 pm

    Follow the directions that came with the tach. Not too difficult installation. There are usually 4 wires.
    1. “+” Power fused - 3 amps
    2. “?” Ground
    3. Signal from the coil - splice into wire from the coil to distributor. (negative side)
    4. Light - Fuse box. Switch on headlights & find the feed.

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  6. januaryman169 Says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 11:36 am

    You can buy an aftermarket tach, there are several really good racing style tachs. Some people mount them to the steering column, others to the “A” pillar. You can even buy a tach that mounts on the outside of your truck. As far as wiring one up it’s pretty easy. You should have a 12 volt hot wire (run to a switched fuse in the fuse panel), a ground wire, and another wire that will need to be run through the firewall to the distributor. On the distributor there will be some wires plugged in to it, you may need to remove the distributor cap, where the wires plug in there should be an empty plug that reads tach. just plug you wire in there put the cap back on. Assuming that you mounted the tach first, start up your truck and watch the tach do it’s thing.

  7. mister ss Says:
    March 10th, 2008 at 10:13 pm

    just go to the auto parts store and buy a new tachometer and it has all the wiring instructions packed in with it.

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