rb20 tach problem

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i went to install my tach and got everything wired up but i get no reading. the green wire(tach input) is connected to the #7 pin(yellow/red) . it gets poewr but still no reading. the tach is a sunpro super tach II, any help would be greatly appriciated. i also noticed that the other end of the yellow/red wire is not connected to anything, does anyone know where it is supposed to be ran? all that is on the other end is just a single wire plug, is there a sensor that this goes to?


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is the tach known to work?i have a digital sunpro tach for play use from sometime in the late 70's early 80's and it reads just fine.did you set the cylinders right?

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the tach is brand new. im wonderin if maybe there is a problem with my ecu. do you or anyone else know what the signal on the tach output wire is supposed to read? also i connected it to the CAS wire and it reads off of it but i know its not right. (edit) yes i set it correctly, i even tied it on 4 and 8 cyl just to be sure.

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perhaps a tach adaptor is needed...some tachs cant read the rb signal.

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do you know off hand what the difference is?


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