I am installing an Autometer tach in my eg right now and cant seen to find where the green wire goes.

 

I have a 93 Civic EX

 

it goes to the distrubutor, there are two clips on the distrubutor, on the closer one there are two wires Yellow/Black and Blue, splice into the blue one i think, there is alot of tape and i have a bad memory, also use solder.

P.S. try searching first, autometer will have the anwser, or search honda-tech.

Now all you have to figure out is which wires to clip on the back of the tach!


Modified by Vintech at 7:58 PM 6/24/2004

 

Where on the distrubitor which wire?

 

If I'm not mistaken it goes through the firewall into the negative terminal of the ignition coil. Otherwise it goes to the tach terminal if you have a MSD electric ignition. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BrokeAssPinoy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If I'm not mistaken it goes through the firewall into the negative terminal of the ignition coil. Otherwise it goes to the tach terminal if you have a MSD electric ignition. Correct me if I'm wrong.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Where is the ignition coil located?

 

What type of ignition does a 93 Civic EX have?

 

that should be what your ignition coil looks like

 

Which wire does the green tach wire connect to?

 

first remove distributor cap so it would look like this http://www.overboost.com/pix.a...8.jpg

 

Then what?

 

connect to it the negative terminal which is the blue/white wire.
here's a simple schematic http://www.overboost.com/pix.a...m.jpg

 

where the blue/white wire is connected to... that's the negative terminal, connect the green wire there

 

too much drama, **** the distributor..

Look near the firewall, driver side, near clutch/brake resevoirs you will see a service connector with a rubber plug covering it. tap into the blue wire running to this plug. it carries an RPM signal. i believe the plug is used by the dealership.

 

ahem ahem well I go by the manufacturer's recommended wiring set-up for a more accurate rpm reading.

 

Isnt there a way to connect it by the cluster

 

Or cant I just cut the blue wire and run it to the Autometer tach?

 

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Believe me, it works fine. old trick anyway. Check the color of both wires (rubber connector vs. distributor), it might even be the same, i dont remember.

 

yes, just tap into the blue wire behind the cluster. thats the factory tach wire. that will work

 

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Believe me, it works fine. old trick anyway. Check the color of both wires (rubber connector vs. distributor), it might even be the same, i dont remember.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yo Mario try doing what he said, I check my EJ6 and the wire from the ignition coil and the wire he's referring to is the exact same color. might actually work

 

driver side shock tower, there is a single blue wire with a plug that had a cap. hook the autometer rpm wire to it.

 

theres no need to even pop the hood when doing a tach install. the blue wire behind the cluster the factory tach wire that feeds fron the dist. just use a wire tap on that wire.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by a1320honda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">theres no need to even pop the hood when doing a tach install. the blue wire behind the cluster the factory tach wire that feeds fron the dist. just use a wire tap on that wire.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Is this the best way?

 

I looked at the distribtor and it was missing one wire

 

yes, its the simplest and easiest, why run a wire to the engine compartment when its not necesary. thats my opinion. ive done several this way and no problems.