i think someone has done this...maybe it was LoCo. Anyways, i think he has done it but the svt tach doesnt work because it doesnt have a sending unit to power the tach.
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Originally posted by beyondloadedSE: i think someone has done this...maybe it was LoCo. Anyways, i think he has done it but the svt tach doesnt work because it doesnt have a sending unit to power the tach.
You called? Yeah when I hooked it up it didn't work. No sending wire. I hooked up a wire from the signal plug on the back of the tach to the computer. It reads ALMOST accurate. It still seems like it is 1000 rpm off but it might just need a resistor. Here is the how to: Tach solution
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Draven, I believe on 2000 Contours like Loco's the wire was decontented, but on a 1998.5 Contour like mine, I should have a tach wire when I replace my instrument panel. I think that is what you were asking.
Yeah when I hooked it up it didn't work. No sending wire. I hooked up a wire from the signal plug on the back of the tach to the computer. It reads ALMOST accurate. It still seems like it is 1000 rpm off but it might just need a resistor. Here is the how to: