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Old 08-02-2012, 09:06 PM
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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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Old 12-13-2013, 12:56 PM
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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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Good info Rex Thx

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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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any thoughts?
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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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
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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