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Title: wiring tacho Post by: Dave_EH on October 12, 2005, 01:45:45 AM can somone help me with wiring in a tacho?
It is a Smiths tacho from the mid sixties It has: 2 thick white wires 1 red 1 black 1 green 1 red & white On the back near a brown wire it says 8 cyl near a blue wire it says 4 & 6 cyl I'm guessing red and white is the light, black is earth The white leads have a male connector on one and a female on the other. Regards Dave Title: Re: wiring tacho Post by: craiga on October 12, 2005, 01:56:03 AM Dave,
I did a metasearch on this for you and came up with these results: green = switched live (10 - 18 volts) black = earth red&white = illumination But does it look like this (http://www.mk1-performance-conversions.co.uk/images/smiths_taco_1.jpg) (http://www.mk1-performance-conversions.co.uk/images/smiths_tacho_2.jpg) Title: Re: wiring tacho Post by: Dave_EH on October 12, 2005, 02:52:59 AM Craig,
The face is similar but the tacho is larger and has its own housing face is 2.5inch diam, unit is 4inches deep - so it would sit on the steering column or somewhere else like a large modern tacho. I think that article covers the wiring in enough detail though. I'll try and get a photo up - its quite a cool looking old tacho - Dad had it in his 66 mini back in the day. I'm not sure how the 4,6,8 cylinder markings on the back work or whether it is interchangable yet Cheers Dave |