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Tachometer trans am wiring help
Can anyone tell me the color of the Tach and power wire that goes to plug on the back of the tachometer, looks like white and pink but I am told it should be brown and pink . 1979 Trans Am 400 4 speed. Thanks Doug
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Saw this old post. Great article in HPP this month. 3 wire design. Ground thru cluster,brown wire for negative coil terminal,pink/black wire to 12v terminal on fuse block.
Mine not working either and will check this
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If your tach is not working you can repair them by just changing out the chip in the back of the tach. It is round & has 4 prongs on it that just plugs in to the back of the tach. If you can find a tach that the face is all worn out or one that is cheap you can use the chip from one of those to repair the tach you have. I use to repair the hood tach's with the chips from the dash tachs, & it worked fine. The chips work in all the tachs, all they do is unplug from the back.
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What is HPP?
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Been a few years.but that was high performance Pontiac . You might find some old books on EBay . I started this thread 10 years ago and sold that car and now my son had two more 79 trans am . If you got question we will try to help. Doug
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1979 Trans Am 307 RWHP 380RWTQ 13.8@103 1979 400 Block, 1970 Heads, Unknown Cam, Comp Cam Lifters, Edelbrock RPM Intake, Hedman Headers, Holley 750 Carb, WFO Drop Base SOLD 1968 GTO convertable project. 400 auto with air. west coast car . Not started in 15 ..update now running (around block spinning tires all the way. Have a lot of cosmetic work to do winter of 17/18 1969 GTO 400 4 Speed this a complete project. Rebuild will start in spring of 2017. SOLD |
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Good info Rex Thx
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70 RA3 Judge 4spd Orbit Orange 66 389 GTO Tri Power 4spd Montero Red 77 400 TA Auto Starlight Black 02 Trans Am WS6 Auto Sunset Orange |
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79 Trans am tachometer not working
Guys, my 79 tach only seems to have 2 wires out the back plug. One is white and one is pink/black. HPP article this month said should be 3 WIRE. Is it possible to have 2 wire. any thoughts? Very low mileage original car so I have no reason to believe anything was changed? thx Tom
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70 RA3 Judge 4spd Orbit Orange 66 389 GTO Tri Power 4spd Montero Red 77 400 TA Auto Starlight Black 02 Trans Am WS6 Auto Sunset Orange |
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All of the '75-81 Trans Am tachs I've worked on have been 2 wire: +12V pink and coil is brown or white depending on year. The case is grounded through the cluster housing. Earlier ones may be different and require a separate ground lead that HPP is referencing.
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Correct the later ones 75+ are grounded through the cluster itself & then the lights are in the circuit board plus the later HEI units plug directly into the dist. so they only need the 2 wires to power them. The earlier ones 74- needed the extra ground to the coil for the power / ground source.
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What is HPP?
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