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Originally Posted by zoegrant
Jim...there are two connection pins on the back of the tach. One pin is marked #2 and the wire that is hooked to that pin goes to the positive side of the coil which also has a wire going to the distributor.
The other pin on the back of the tach is marked #5 and that wire goes to the negative side of the coil.
I believe the wire from the positive post of the coil that goes to the distributor must act as ground....
This hookup is for a positive ground connection...
if anyone has any ideas I am open to them....
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zoegrant; You are correct to connect #2 terminal to the terminal on the coil that goes to the distributor. As others have said, the #5 terminal must be connected to a ground. A ground is a wire connected directly to the metal on the engine. You state that you have #5 connected to the minus side of the coil, which is the hot wire from your ignition. That wire must be connected to a solid metal piece on the engine. If you have done that disregard this post, I just haven't seen where you have connected it correctly.