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123 Ignition vs. Crane Fireball XR700 1800

posted by  planetman on  Fri May 8 13:38 CST 2009
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Hello,

The correct way to connect the Smiths tachometer with the xr700 is to connect the yellow wire from the xr700 to the white wire that used to be connected to the distributor.

The white wire should run to the back of the tachometer to the inductive clamp and then on to the negative post on the coil as a continuous piece of wire with no breaks.

DO NOT CONNECT TO THE POSITIVE SIDE OF THE COIL!!

Also make sure you have power and a good ground to the back of the tachometer.

The green power wire plugs into the back of the tachometer with a blade connector and the ground is supplied though a black wire that connects to one of the mounting posts of the back of the tachometer.
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Eric
Hi Performance Automotive Service (formerly OVO or Old Volvos Only)
Torrance, CA 90502






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