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    hey, brought a cheap tacho today so hopefuly i can drive it this afternoon, the diagram has no writing on it and i dont even think the pictures are in english, so i was hopeing some one knows how to wire a tacho into a ca18det,
    any help is good help,
    cheers

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    go to the ecu, there is a tacho feed..........look up the ecu pin outs

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    ca18det- pin 7 on the ecu is the output signal for the tacho

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    there is probably 3 wires from the tacho
    1- is tacho signal in (possibly green)
    2-power to globe for lighting (possibly white)
    3-earth (commonly black)

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