INSTALLING A TACHOMETER IN MY CIVIC!!!!

[VERMONTCALBUD]

I HAVE A 91 CIVIC 2 DOOR HATCH.IT CURRENTLY HAS A CHIKARA COLD AIR INTAKE,MONZA PACESETTER CATBACK EXHAUST SYSTEM AND ACCEL THUNDERSPORT PLUG WIRES.CURRENTLY HAS AMERICAN RACING 15 INCH WHEELS AND 205 50 SERIES TIRES ALL AROUND.LOOKING TO INSTALL A TACH IN IT.HAVE ONE BUT I DONT KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO HOOK IT UP.MY HONDA DOESNT CURRENTLY HAVE ONE.SPENT ENDLESS HOURS LOOKING UP WIRING DIAGRAMS FOR IT,BUT UNSUCESSFUL.ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.ANYONE ELSE HAVE PICTURES OF THERE 91 2 DOOR THEY COULD FORWARD ME.THANKS!!! CALVIN IN VERMONT!!

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[Setanta]

Nice use of caps - I saw it all and decided NOT to read the post

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'90 JDM EF9 SiR

[VERMONTCALBUD]

Sorry i am not as professional as you.I have only owned a computer for a couple of months.I will take some college courses so i can specifacly talk to you!!!!!!

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[Ben L]

now now..

ok, check to see if your cluster has the wiring already built in. take the hood off from around the cluster and look at the plug on the far driver's side. if you see a BLUE wire..should be in the number 1 or 2 slot..that's yer tach signal. i've never hooked up an aftermarket tach before..if you only have one wire to hook up, that's it..the tach signal. if there's two more wires, one is ground and the other is power. your ground will be black..ground it anywhere against metal or splice it in to the black wire on the gauge cluster. other will be power..look for the yellow (i'm pretty sure but not positive) and splice that in. give me more info and i'll try to help dude.

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-Ben L.
1989 Civic Si
1990 300ZX TT Stage III

[ToLowHB]

Well holy hell! i never thought i would see another Vermonter posting on this board,I live over in burlington,where you at?

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Thank god for negative camber.

[VERMONTCALBUD]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ToLowHB:
Well holy hell! i never thought i would see another Vermonter posting on this board,I live over in burlington,where you at?

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I am from enosburg falls!Need help on installing a tach.My 91 ride didnt come with one.Also didnt come with a chikara cold air intake or a 2.5 inch catback.I had no problems installing them.This is a pain in my green mountain ass!Thanks!!


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[Setanta]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by VERMONTCALBUD:
Sorry i am not as professional as you.I have only owned a computer for a couple of months.I will take some college courses so i can specifacly talk to you!!!!!!

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If you want the theory behind it, when reading, the brain looks for word shapes in order to recognise the world as a whole. Now while this is possible in normal text, ALL-CAPS removes the word shape, making it harder to read as the words are all a box-like shape.

In-forum it is the equivilent of shouting (not particularly acceptable in conversation). Likewise using it in headers.

Maybe some college courses to specifacly (sic) work on your communication skills hmm?




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'90 JDM EF9 SiR

[VERMONTCALBUD]

I thought this was a site to discuss issues on honda vehicles,not a site to degrade people on there inperfect typing!If you have any help on the tach issue at hand,i will listen.If not then go back to playing checkers. <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Setanta:
If you want the theory behind it, when reading, the brain looks for word shapes in order to recognise the world as a whole. Now while this is possible in normal text, ALL-CAPS removes the word shape, making it harder to read as the words are all a box-like shape.

In-forum it is the equivilent of shouting (not particularly acceptable in conversation). Likewise using it in headers.

Maybe some college courses to specifacly (sic) work on your communication skills hmm?


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[ToLowHB]

He's just messing around with you man.Anyways a tach is super easy to hook-up i put one in my 91 civic dx. Under the distributer cap you should see two wires one will be blue and one should be green (if i remember right) and they are labeled neagative and positive.Then you just follow the insrtuctions you got with your tach and its done.BTW what color is your hatch?

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Thank god for negative camber.

[VERMONTCALBUD]

My hatch is blue.I have purchased all extras at mikes in mallets bay.The only wire i am confused about on the tach is the green wire.Does the green wire hook up to the negative green wire under distrib.cap? <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ToLowHB:
He's just messing around with you man.Anyways a tach is super easy to hook-up i put one in my 91 civic dx. Under the distributer cap you should see two wires one will be blue and one should be green (if i remember right) and they are labeled neagative and positive.Then you just follow the insrtuctions you got with your tach and its done.BTW what color is your hatch?

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