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jjwebb123 Wolfsburg Wizard

617 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#762248
has anyone installed a calibre tacho before,when i rig up the ground and positive source i am suppose to get the complete light up of the tacho instead i get just one red light whats the go.?
thaNKS
"A car for the people, an affordable Volkswagen, would bring great joy to the masses and the problems of building such a car must be faced with courage."
Adolf Hitler At opening of 1934 Berlin Auto Show

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#762256
if your talking about the illumination its a seprate power wire again, hook it too your parkers or ignition circuit if u want it lit up all the time

jjwebb123 Wolfsburg Wizard

617 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#762274
it says on the instruction to never connect the green wire which is the coil wire to a positive source why is that?
"A car for the people, an affordable Volkswagen, would bring great joy to the masses and the problems of building such a car must be faced with courage."
Adolf Hitler At opening of 1934 Berlin Auto Show

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#762287
cos its actually recieves a ground signal everytime the points shut which is how the tach works

connect 12volts to that and watch the tach go up in smoke

jjwebb123 Wolfsburg Wizard

617 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#762329
🙁,so do they have a fuse? because there is a possibility when trying to find positive source that the green cable touched.calibre is not an actual compnay i think super cheap make them,so i cant contact them.
"A car for the people, an affordable Volkswagen, would bring great joy to the masses and the problems of building such a car must be faced with courage."
Adolf Hitler At opening of 1934 Berlin Auto Show

jjwebb123 Wolfsburg Wizard

617 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#762599
bump..
"A car for the people, an affordable Volkswagen, would bring great joy to the masses and the problems of building such a car must be faced with courage."
Adolf Hitler At opening of 1934 Berlin Auto Show

jsheppard64 Officially Full-On Dubber

323 posts · joined Mar 2008 ·

#762679
stupid me did the same thing to an old VDO tach
wired it to the wrong side of the coil
no bang!, Poof sounds or anything
pulled the tach apart and found that i burned the coil

jjwebb123 Wolfsburg Wizard

617 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#762739
jsheppard64 wrote:stupid me did the same thing to an old VDO tach
wired it to the wrong side of the coil
no bang!, Poof sounds or anything
pulled the tach apart and found that i burned the coil
oh really,yeah that is what happened to me,no sounds just no display.could you fix it?
"A car for the people, an affordable Volkswagen, would bring great joy to the masses and the problems of building such a car must be faced with courage."
Adolf Hitler At opening of 1934 Berlin Auto Show