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Old 28-07-2006, 01:37 PM   #1
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Post tacho gauges

i want to put a tacho guage and shift light into my AU but can't get it to work. Can anyone help me. i got a drift neo series gauge but won't read the signal.

is there a modulator to fix this problem or something

the ford dealers told me to tap into the ecu pin45 'clean tacho output'


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Old 28-07-2006, 01:41 PM   #2
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What wires have you taped into what.
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Old 28-07-2006, 01:47 PM   #3
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i tapped into pin 45 on the ecu
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Old 28-07-2006, 01:48 PM   #4
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what colour is that wire, also try a search in the au.falcon part of the website for keywords

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Old 28-07-2006, 03:07 PM   #5
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tan with orange i tried
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Old 28-07-2006, 03:09 PM   #6
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auto elect says it tan with orange on pin 43
ford dealer says it is pink with dark blue on pin 45
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Old 28-07-2006, 03:14 PM   #7
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i dont have the AU pinouts, try the technical section or possibly www.fordmods.com (the EF layout should be close)
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Old 28-07-2006, 07:43 PM   #8
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not being rude , but is it turbo ? or Manual ?
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Old 28-07-2006, 10:13 PM   #9
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as far as i know, the Tacho wire is the pink one :P
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Old 29-07-2006, 11:44 AM   #10
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it is all working now the auto elect books were wrong and the right wire to tap into is the pink with dark blue strip. thanks to all for help
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