Negative side of the coil. David G,
to hook up the tach use the hot lead on the disributor and to any good ground wire and if there is a light hook it to the wire on you light switch
You would hook to the negative side of the coil. Some HEI distributor caps are marked "tach".
green wire on aftermarket tachs are the signal wire i belive
Should have four wires: Positive, Ground, Light, and Tach. Put ground first! I made this mistake and took out all the lights in my dash. Hook the tach wire up to the male end on the distributor cap (you'll have to route it through the firewall). Hook the positive up to a nearby wire or open spot in your fuse box. I tapped off the radio. Hook the light into your panel instrument light circuit.
hook your green wire from the tach to the white wire from the coil PAC it should be a white and a yellow wire coming from the coil. the tach should have a white wire that will be your light inside the tach a red wire for power and a black for ground.. good luck
Hook it to the negative side of the coil.
Hook up the red wire to the fuse box or another wire that gives power when the key is on. Hook up the white wire to a wire coming out of the headlight switch. This will make is so that when you turn your headlights on, the light will come on on the tach. If you don't mind the light on the tach being on all the time then just hook it to another power wire. Hook the black wire to a ground like a screw or a bolt. The green wire is the signal wire. Run it through your fire wall. Hook it up to the negative side of the coil. There will be a negative sign on the coil denoting the correct side.
Since the coil is in the distributor, simply hook the tach 'trigger' wire to the out put on the side of the distributor cap marked 'tach'.
one white wire goes to the distributor, the other goes nowhere. This is the lead that goes to the tach
Its EASY! just connect the (usually green) wire to the negative post on the coil. Hook up the power wires and the illumination wire and ground for the tach wire and ur done its easy!
there is a white almost tanish looking solid color wire on the group of wires that plug into the guage cluster use a quick connect to connect the signal wire from the tach to the white wire on the guage cluster
u have to look at ur distributor if it is an HEI "coil on top there is markings on the distributor cap for the tach but if it is a regular distributor with an external coil you hook it up to the neg wire off the coil neg/ black wire