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rev counter wiring help please..

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 19:28
by greasemonkey
hi all,could some kind soul please tell me what colour wire goes to the coil for the rev counter,car is a 1976 tr7 .cant seem to find a decent wiring diagram anywhere, thanks greasemonkey

Re: rev counter wiring help please..

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 19:45
by stevie_a
From memory white and slate, but my memory not as good as it once was.

Re: rev counter wiring help please..

Posted: 02 Feb 2017 21:29
by Beans
stevie_a wrote:From memory white and slate, but my memory not as good as it once was.

I think your memory is still pretty good :wink: ,
as WS is the colour my very early (1975-1976) workshop manual states for the wires between coil and tachometer.

Re: rev counter wiring help please..

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 05:55
by mariusl
And it usually got an male connector on the wire end

Re: rev counter wiring help please..

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 06:44
by stevie_a
Beans wrote:I think your memory is still pretty good :wink: ,
as WS is the colour my very early (1975-1976) workshop manual states for the wires between coil and tachometer.


Well what do you know i got it right!

I have had the dash off so many times, i have started doing it in my sleep.

Re: rev counter wiring help please..

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 09:01
by greasemonkey
thanks for your help gentlemen,i have found a slate/grey wire and will connect it up later and see if the rec counter works.the wiring is a bit of a mishmash due to my wiring efforts when i fitted the v8,cheers greasemonkey

Re: rev counter wiring help please..

Posted: 05 Feb 2017 19:37
by greasemonkey
yes that was the one,revcounter working for the first time in 26 years,thanks all :D

Re: rev counter wiring help please..

Posted: 05 Feb 2017 19:47
by stevie_a
Always good when a plan comes together .