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Old 11-11-2008, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Dangerous Doug View Post
Bob,
Fired up my Cobra for the first time on Saturday. What a thrill. Nice and loud with straight headers. The neighbors love me.

I noticed that the tach wasn't registering. I have an MDS distributor, but no MSD box. Using the ballast resistor. Meticulously wired both under the hood and under the dash.

Where do I start? I have a multimeter that picks up frequency. Should I check for pulse frequency at the coil and then at the tach? Is there something about my MSD distributor that isn't coordinating with the SW tach?

Doug
Doug,

Check your ground on the tach first. I had a problem with my ERA Tach not working when the dash lights were on due to a marginal ground. Worked OK with the dash lights off. I ran a ground from the metal dash brace directly to the tach and the problems cleared right up. Hope this helps.

- Fred
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