[daveh]

Hey guys.

I hope everyones new year is going well. I am trying to hook up a 1969 camaro tach in my 1969 plain jane camaro. I also have the smaller gas gauge. It is a stock 8000rpm Z-28 tach going in the tach pod in the dash. My question is that I don't know how to hook it up. Can I hook it up to my Petronix HEI distributor? Or do I need the harness for the back and then use those wires to hook it up. If so which wires go where and on what leads? I hate to waste the money I have in the tach. Any and all information you can give me would be a big help. Thanks in advance for your help, it is always appreciated.

[bracketeer]

Newer cars have printed circuit boards. So, there are no wires they just plug in. So wiring color will be the prob cause I don't have scematics for your car or tach.

There are 3 wires on a tach. Power, dist, ground. Power wire to a switched source (possibly red wire). Ground to chasis or to another black wire. Third wire runs to HEI distributor. There are 5 pins on an HEI cap. 4 of them are already in use. The 5th pin is for your tach and may even be labelled if you look closely.

[daveh]

Thanks, I will check.