Old Vdo Tachometer Wiring

Use tie wraps to secure the tachometer wires to the body of the car.

Old vdo tachometer wiring. Consequently you must determine the size of your gauge before cutting any holes. Use this table if you are using your tachom eter with an ignition coil. Do not deviate from assembly or wiring instructions. Always disconnect battery ground before making any electrical connections.

These instructions are for vdo gauges and accessories only. Select the location where you will mount the gauge and mark a center point. These instructions contain informa tion about gauges of different sizes. To begin go to 1.

Use pot to calibrate. I have the wiring dip switch diagram for 333 351 and 333 354 tacho s. Run the tachometer wiring around or through the dash board down to the firewall behind the gas pedal. Measuring instruments vdo tachometer with counter installation instructions manual 11 pages measuring instruments vdo cancockpit series product manual.

Use a wrench to tighten the nuts until the tachometer can not longer be rotated by hand. Slip the mounting bracket over the mounting bolts. 31 ground pin 3 signal ground pin 4 term. New generation 2009 flexible instrumentation with can bus technology 174 pages.

Read these instructions thoroughly before making installation. Please note that if you have a problem opening the pdf files just by clicking on the link please right click your mouse button over the file name and select save target as to your desktop. To mount your tachometer with the option vdo mounting bracket place the mounting bolts into the slots on the back of the gauge. 8 pin contact housing pin 1 term.

30 battery 12 24 v pin 2 term. Crimp the yellow wire from the tachometer into one side of a butt connector. Click here for auto meter classic instruments defi or isspro instructions. This display is also used in the programming calibration and fine tun ing of the vdo programmable tachometer.

When you are finished the black and green wires from the tachometer should be securely connected to the black and green wires from one side of the filter. Separate the wires that will be connected inside the passenger cabin and those that will run into the engine compartment through the firewall. I tried it in my 300tdi it s out of my old race car but still reads high even after adjusting the internal pot. Tachometer without display gb depending on the configuration insert the cable into the 8 pin contact housing according to the following pin assignment.

15 ignition plus pin 5 sensor signal. Cut either a 3 80 mm or a 3 85 wiring the tachometer. Make sure all of the filter wires you connect to the tachometer are from the same side of the filter. 4000 rpm alternator tach 2 1 ratio set for 6 cyl.

Screw on the accompanying nuts. Related manuals for vdo tachometer. The contacts must audibly lock into place.