Thread: Tach needle pegged with new coil
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Old 08-20-2010, 03:12 PM
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Rich:
If you put the old coil and condensor back and the tach still didn't work...maybe it died??
However..........
Be sure the tach is connected to the (-) side of the coil which also attaches to the distributor, the switched 12 volt source connects to the (+) side of the coil. Does the ignition system utilize anything other than just a standard 12 volt 60's style point type distributor & coil (?), is there anything like a MSD (or other) amplifier box? Is the coil you purchased compatible with the sytem you have (?) check the part number.
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