wierd tach signal hookup

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Topic: wierd tach signal hookup

Posted By: nautica2o3
Subject: wierd tach signal hookup
Date Posted: January 23, 2005 at 2:32 AM

I am trying to install a remote starter into a 1998 Mercury Villager. The manual says to wrap the tach signal input wire around the high ignition coil wire 5-7 times. I have installed remote starters in my other cars before, and the tach signal wire was always soldered directly to a bare wire in the ECU or tachometer, not just wrapped around the ignition coil wire. Has anyone installed a remote start with this kind of tach signal input before? Do I just wrap it around the wire coming from the ignition coil to the distributor? What wire should I use to coild this input wire around?

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Posted By: cutter1122
Date Posted: January 23, 2005 at 2:38 AM

spakplug wire

Posted By: auex
Date Posted: January 23, 2005 at 2:53 AM

What alarm is it, probably phoenix digital? Next alarm make sure you are getting a better one.

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Posted By: nautica2o3
Date Posted: January 23, 2005 at 3:07 AM

Yeah, it was a cheap one that I got for my beater. I think the box had Cyclone in red lettering on it. The manual has a silver Jaguar on the front. It was an impulse Ebay purchase. I will definitely get a better one next time from a real company.

I will try the sparkplug wire and hope it works.

Thanks.