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Re: Tachometer Pos or Neg?

To: "Frank Clarici" <spritenut@Exit109.com>
Subject: Re: Tachometer Pos or Neg?
From: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 20:25:13 -0700
Cc: <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Reply-to: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
How stupid can you (I) get?  THIS STUPID: it says Negative Earth right on
the front.

Sorry, and thx,

Daryl


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> From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
> To: Daryl May <mayfam@sprynet.com>
> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Tachometer Pos or Neg?
> Date: Tuesday, April 21, 1998 8:27 PM
> 
> 
> 
> Daryl May wrote:
> 
> > My tachometer comes off of a 1967 Midget donor car, which has long
since
> > been stripped of electricals and related labels.
> >
> > I am wondering whether the tacho is pos or neg ground, since I gather
that
> > 1967 was a changeover year.  Is it possible to tell by looking at
anything?
> >  Or, to get to the point, how can I make it negative ground no matter
what
> > it is now?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Daryl
> 
>   Daryl
> 
> 67 tachs are (were if not PO converted) positive ground.
> If it is a large faced tach, it is positive grd.
> The smaller faced tachs, 68 and up were all neg grd.
> It should say Positive Earth on the face in small print.
> 
> Frank

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