04 heritage tach install?????

jacobselcer · #1 09-21-2009, 08:10 PM

just bought a $100 sunpro racing tachometer for my truck but it doestnt say were to put the wire to read the rpms at any help

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Raptor05121 · #2 09-21-2009, 10:38 PM

Search will yield results. There is a red wire somewhere in the steering column you have to tap into

It would have been cheaper and more aesthetically pleasing to just get an OEM cluster with a tac.

thejake1989 · #3 09-21-2009, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Raptor05121

Search will yield results. There is a red wire somewhere in the steering column you have to tap into

It would have been cheaper and more aesthetically pleasing to just get an OEM cluster with a tac.

True but you also have to go to the dealer to get the odometer changed and avoid issues on a carfax when you go to sell the truck if that would ever happen.

who needs a tach anyway after you drive a stick without one for a while you can know when its time to shift or if your getting up there to high

jacobselcer · #4 09-23-2009, 12:05 AM

true i can tell were to shift on the road but when in the mud spinning the tires i wanna no my exact rpms not just guessing

Patman03SprCrw · #5 09-23-2009, 12:26 AM

ive got an extra V8 cluster you might be able to talk me out of

thejake1989 · #6 09-23-2009, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Patman03SprCrw

ive got an extra V8 cluster you might be able to talk me out of

i would but i know its probably not of a 97-98 and id have to acetone the face to work with my leds.

Raptor05121 · #7 09-23-2009, 01:45 AM

Tachs are handly to have.

glc · #8 09-23-2009, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jacobselcer

true i can tell were to shift on the road but when in the mud spinning the tires i wanna no my exact rpms not just guessing

You can put the electronic odometer into the tach mode when you want to see that. Don't worry about overrevving anyway - there's a RPM limiter.

AlfredB18 · #9 09-24-2009, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by thejake1989

True but you also have to go to the dealer to get the odometer changed and avoid issues on a carfax when you go to sell the truck if that would ever happen.

who needs a tach anyway after you drive a stick without one for a while you can know when its time to shift or if your getting up there to high

Comes quite in handy doing your own diagnostics. That's who.

I don't know anyone who's had an easy time telling torque converter shudder from a COP misfire without one.

Ford Heritage · #10 09-27-2009, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by glc

You can put the electronic odometer into the tach mode when you want to see that. Don't worry about overrevving anyway - there's a RPM limiter.

How do you do that?

glc · #11 09-27-2009, 11:33 AM

Hold the reset button in when turning on the key - when it says "test" release it - then start pushing the button till it says "tac0000" then start the engine.

Ford Heritage · #12 09-28-2009, 09:18 PM

wow - I completely thought you were full of crap. I just tried it. What a crazy trick!!

Thanks for sharing.

Raptor05121 · #13 09-29-2009, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Ford Heritage

wow - I completely thought you were full of crap. I just tried it. What a crazy trick!!

Thanks for sharing.

glc is our resident 4.2L encyclopedia. Careful though, I think some of you guys are over-using him....he might start charging for his services!

68blackbird · #14 10-14-2009, 10:31 PM

Noobie here.......was looking for way to hook up tach....how I found this site. Did the odometer trick, slick ;-). Many thanx, looks like I found a home for info on my new truck. Found '03 STX just turned over 38K. Kel