Help a Girl out? Where to hook up a actron tachmeter
Hi all,
I just bought a actron Dwell/Tach/Voltmeter for my 99 civic to do tune ups. Since it doesn’t have a tach, I need to adjust the idle. The directions say to hook the green clip to the Tach or negative igintion coil terminal. I thought the coil was inside the distributor..so how the heck can you hook it up? The freakin Chilton manual, in the check idle section, says to connect a Tachmeter...but doesn’t say where either. How do you guys do it if you don’t have a stock tach? Thanks -- Posted using the http://www.autoforumz.com interface, at author's request Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards Topic URL: http://www.autoforumz.com/Honda-Help...ict112305.html Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.autoforumz.com/eform.php?p=527898 |
Re: Help a Girl out? Where to hook up a actron tachmeter
Dasiy wrote: > > Hi all, > I just bought a actron Dwell/Tach/Voltmeter for my 99 civic to > do tune ups. Since it doesn’t have a tach, I need to adjust the idle. > The directions say to hook the green clip to the Tach or negative > igintion coil terminal. I thought the coil was inside the > distributor..so how the heck can you hook it up? The freakin Chilton > manual, in the check idle section, says to connect a Tachmeter...but > doesn’t say where either. How do you guys do it if you don’t have a > stock tach? > Thanks According to the service manual, there is a connector for a tachometer under the hood. The connector is at the left rear of the engine compartment, behind the strut tower. The wire leading to this connector is blue. The process for adjusting idle can be somewhat involved on newer cars, and it varies according engine and model year for the '96 - '00 generation Civic. Does the Chilton manual mention anything about different procedures? |
Re: Help a Girl out? Where to hook up a actron tachmeter
Dasiy wrote: > > Hi all, > I just bought a actron Dwell/Tach/Voltmeter for my 99 civic to > do tune ups. Since it doesn’t have a tach, I need to adjust the idle. > The directions say to hook the green clip to the Tach or negative > igintion coil terminal. I thought the coil was inside the > distributor..so how the heck can you hook it up? The freakin Chilton > manual, in the check idle section, says to connect a Tachmeter...but > doesn’t say where either. How do you guys do it if you don’t have a > stock tach? > Thanks According to the service manual, there is a connector for a tachometer under the hood. The connector is at the left rear of the engine compartment, behind the strut tower. The wire leading to this connector is blue. The process for adjusting idle can be somewhat involved on newer cars, and it varies according engine and model year for the '96 - '00 generation Civic. Does the Chilton manual mention anything about different procedures? |
Re: Help a Girl out? Where to hook up a actron tachmeter
are you really a girl,or are you pretending to be one to get a better
response?You are using pretty big words for a girl,at least with respect to a car. If you are a girl,I am impressed.Keep up the good work! "Dasiy" <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote in message news:1_527898_9930f78805c41385424f98c65a9b9db6@aut oforumz.com... > Hi all, > I just bought a actron Dwell/Tach/Voltmeter for my 99 civic to > do tune ups. Since it doesn't have a tach, I need to adjust the idle. > The directions say to hook the green clip to the Tach or negative > igintion coil terminal. I thought the coil was inside the > distributor..so how the heck can you hook it up? The freakin Chilton > manual, in the check idle section, says to connect a Tachmeter...but > doesn't say where either. How do you guys do it if you don't have a > stock tach? > Thanks > > -- > Posted using the http://www.autoforumz.com interface, at author's request > Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards > Topic URL: http://www.autoforumz.com/Honda-Help...r-ftopict11230 5.html > Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.autoforumz.com/eform.php?p=527898 |
Re: Help a Girl out? Where to hook up a actron tachmeter
are you really a girl,or are you pretending to be one to get a better
response?You are using pretty big words for a girl,at least with respect to a car. If you are a girl,I am impressed.Keep up the good work! "Dasiy" <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote in message news:1_527898_9930f78805c41385424f98c65a9b9db6@aut oforumz.com... > Hi all, > I just bought a actron Dwell/Tach/Voltmeter for my 99 civic to > do tune ups. Since it doesn't have a tach, I need to adjust the idle. > The directions say to hook the green clip to the Tach or negative > igintion coil terminal. I thought the coil was inside the > distributor..so how the heck can you hook it up? The freakin Chilton > manual, in the check idle section, says to connect a Tachmeter...but > doesn't say where either. How do you guys do it if you don't have a > stock tach? > Thanks > > -- > Posted using the http://www.autoforumz.com interface, at author's request > Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards > Topic URL: http://www.autoforumz.com/Honda-Help...r-ftopict11230 5.html > Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.autoforumz.com/eform.php?p=527898 |
Re: Help a Girl out? Where to hook up a actron tachmeter
I don't know about the Civic but all OBDII cars I have seen adjust the idle
by the computer. There may be a minimum idle setting but it is usually sealed. The tack references you are looking at are referring to the old point system. The Chilton manuals aren't usually very informative. You would be better off with the Helm OEM manual. Before any manual will be of much use to you knowledge of the system and how it works is necessary..... "Dasiy" <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote in message news:1_527898_9930f78805c41385424f98c65a9b9db6@aut oforumz.com... > Hi all, > I just bought a actron Dwell/Tach/Voltmeter for my 99 civic to > do tune ups. Since it doesn’t have a tach, I need to adjust the idle. > The directions say to hook the green clip to the Tach or negative > igintion coil terminal. I thought the coil was inside the > distributor..so how the heck can you hook it up? The freakin Chilton > manual, in the check idle section, says to connect a Tachmeter...but > doesn’t say where either. How do you guys do it if you don’t have a > stock tach? > Thanks > > -- > Posted using the http://www.autoforumz.com interface, at author's request > Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards > Topic URL: > http://www.autoforumz.com/Honda-Help...ict112305.html > Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: > http://www.autoforumz.com/eform.php?p=527898 |
Re: Help a Girl out? Where to hook up a actron tachmeter
I don't know about the Civic but all OBDII cars I have seen adjust the idle
by the computer. There may be a minimum idle setting but it is usually sealed. The tack references you are looking at are referring to the old point system. The Chilton manuals aren't usually very informative. You would be better off with the Helm OEM manual. Before any manual will be of much use to you knowledge of the system and how it works is necessary..... "Dasiy" <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote in message news:1_527898_9930f78805c41385424f98c65a9b9db6@aut oforumz.com... > Hi all, > I just bought a actron Dwell/Tach/Voltmeter for my 99 civic to > do tune ups. Since it doesn’t have a tach, I need to adjust the idle. > The directions say to hook the green clip to the Tach or negative > igintion coil terminal. I thought the coil was inside the > distributor..so how the heck can you hook it up? The freakin Chilton > manual, in the check idle section, says to connect a Tachmeter...but > doesn’t say where either. How do you guys do it if you don’t have a > stock tach? > Thanks > > -- > Posted using the http://www.autoforumz.com interface, at author's request > Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards > Topic URL: > http://www.autoforumz.com/Honda-Help...ict112305.html > Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: > http://www.autoforumz.com/eform.php?p=527898 |
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