H.A.M.B., I need your help. I put a 6 gauge set of the SW electric wings series gauges in my model A 2 years ago and the tach never worked right. I did my best to hook it up but the box was missing the instructions for the tach. The power and ground are both good. The box had every other gauge sheet but the tach...go figure. So my question is what wire goes to what terminal on the back and what DIP switches should be turned on? (It's a 8 cyl.) It's hard to do a 5 grand dump when you don't know where 5 grand is...HAHA! Thanks all!!! -Josiah
Is aynone running a SW Wings Tach with a V8? If so, could you please look at the 8 DIP switches on the back under the rubber cover and let me know the position of each switch, off or on? That would help me out a lot. Thanks HAMBers!!!! -Josiah
Try switches 6,7,8 in the on position the rest in the off position. That is what mine are set at for 8 cylinders.
Josiah, I have had problems with my SW electric tach. it seems to have a mind of its own. spinning full circle every so often. I have it hooked up correctly, changed the dist as well as the coil. All to no avail. I am gonna try 31aford's suggestion and see if it works any better. I posted a similar post about this several years ago and did not get much feedback.
Thanks for the reply greazhonkey, I did see your old post when I did a search on this before i posted this question. I should have figured this out 2 years ago but I was so happy to drive the car that didn't care about a tach -Josiah
Bro...thanks a lot!!!! I'll try that ASAP. I hope this works for me too. If it does, I owe ya a shot and a beer! Thanks!! -Josiah
I looked for my wiring book yesterday and this morning, couldn't find it anywhere. Then this morning, right before the recycling was picked up that's where I found it just before the truck showed up. If you hadn't asked this question I wouldn't have found it in time. Thanks for asking. I'd have been screwed. My How To Build A Tradition Ford Hot Rod book too would have been gone. Thanks again...
Son of a gun--- I have been messing with mine on and off for a while,I adjusted it wrong when I got it, I AM SURE I DID NOT READ ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONS and then got in a thrash and cant find my instructions.I gave up google trying to find the right info.I thought, I am not the only guy with this problem and thought I would just search the hamb,and here it is.Just adjusted it and it works perfect.Thanks guys Mark D.
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