#2677255 - 03/03/13 07:36 PM
Re: The Marauder Cluster Swap...
[Re: KGIXXER7]
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Over the Hill
Registered: 03/21/12
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is the needle pushed in to far? if it is pushed on to far it will get stuck. just something easy to check That's a possibility, I did install custom gauge faces on it. Does anyone know what the tachometer signal type should be? I think it may be a square wave w/ varying frequencies, but I'm not sure.
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#2677560 - 03/04/13 12:04 PM
Re: The Marauder Cluster Swap...
[Re: MEvans043]
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Over the Hill
Registered: 08/16/11
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Why not pick up a cheap aftermarket tach to check it?
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#2677655 - 03/04/13 04:18 PM
Re: The Marauder Cluster Swap...
[Re: Florida_Mike]
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Grand Poobah
Registered: 08/28/09
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Why not pick up a cheap aftermarket tach to check it? Hmm, I hadn't thought about that... I may try that if I continue having issues. That's what I did when trying the tach in my '05 before hooking up the Marauder cluster, that way I knew the hook up worked before going through the steps.
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#2678175 - 03/05/13 07:31 PM
Re: The Marauder Cluster Swap...
[Re: Ezbok58a]
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Over the Hill
Registered: 08/17/09
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Loc: Rock Hill, NY
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Have you still spliced into a single coil wire? That won't work.
You need the main coil feed wire which is pin 34 on C127 (the large connector under the brake master cylinder) on my 1999. It's red with a light green stripe on my car.
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#2678198 - 03/05/13 08:16 PM
Re: The Marauder Cluster Swap...
[Re: NGreen0807]
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Over the Hill
Registered: 03/21/12
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Loc: Upstate, New York
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Have you still spliced into a single coil wire? That won't work.
You need the main coil feed wire which is pin 34 on C127 (the large connector under the brake master cylinder) on my 1999. It's red with a light green stripe on my car. I have it wired to a single coil,(cylinder 8 I think), as called for in the wiring instructions. It's a MSD 8913 Tach adapter.
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#2678208 - 03/05/13 08:56 PM
Re: The Marauder Cluster Swap...
[Re: MEvans043]
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Over the Hill
Registered: 08/16/12
Posts: 1753
Loc: Atlanta, Georgia
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Have you still spliced into a single coil wire? That won't work.
You need the main coil feed wire which is pin 34 on C127 (the large connector under the brake master cylinder) on my 1999. It's red with a light green stripe on my car. I have it wired to a single coil,(cylinder 8 I think), as called for in the wiring instructions. It's a MSD 8913 Tach adapter. Thats almost the same problem OP had. You read this whole thread right? He had to wire it to the main coil wire to get enough power to make it work right.
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#2678226 - 03/05/13 09:25 PM
Re: The Marauder Cluster Swap...
[Re: gplayer]
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Over the Hill
Registered: 03/21/12
Posts: 1755
Loc: Upstate, New York
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Have you still spliced into a single coil wire? That won't work.
You need the main coil feed wire which is pin 34 on C127 (the large connector under the brake master cylinder) on my 1999. It's red with a light green stripe on my car. I have it wired to a single coil,(cylinder 8 I think), as called for in the wiring instructions. It's a MSD 8913 Tach adapter. Thats almost the same problem OP had. You read this whole thread right? He had to wire it to the main coil wire to get enough power to make it work right. I've read it probably 3 times now. Still confused. The instructions MSD gave me contradict what you're telling me to do.
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#2678228 - 03/05/13 09:34 PM
Re: The Marauder Cluster Swap...
[Re: MEvans043]
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Over the Hill
Registered: 08/16/12
Posts: 1753
Loc: Atlanta, Georgia
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Have you still spliced into a single coil wire? That won't work.
You need the main coil feed wire which is pin 34 on C127 (the large connector under the brake master cylinder) on my 1999. It's red with a light green stripe on my car. I have it wired to a single coil,(cylinder 8 I think), as called for in the wiring instructions. It's a MSD 8913 Tach adapter. Thats almost the same problem OP had. You read this whole thread right? He had to wire it to the main coil wire to get enough power to make it work right. I've read it probably 3 times now. Still confused. The instructions MSD gave me contradict what you're telling me to do. Well, not to be a dick, but its obviously not working with what msd is telling you, right? but OPs is working with the main coil wire. I would give it a shot.
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2003 Acura Cl Type-S, current DD, 140,000 miles. 6 speed manual (One of ~3750). Pioneer single low profile 10 inch, Pioneer GM5100T.
1970 Chevy C20 Project truck, SBC, 4 speed manual. Go-Fast goodies include: 400 crankshaft, bored .030 over, Vortec heads, Comp Cams XR252HR, hardened pushrods, 1.6 roller rockers, Scat Pro Stock forged connecting rods, Edlebrock Air Gap intake, Holley 650 Carb, Mallory Unilite distributor. Suspension: Front disc brakes with 2.5 inch drop spindles, Hotchkiss shocks, 4 inch drop coils in the rear, 3.73 gears, 265/40/R18 rear tires, and American Racing Torque thrust 18's. 13.9 1/4 mile.
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#2678270 - 03/05/13 11:22 PM
Re: The Marauder Cluster Swap...
[Re: Ezbok58a]
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Over the Hill
Registered: 08/17/09
Posts: 2711
Loc: Rock Hill, NY
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Just went ahead and drew a simple diagram and read the instructions online for you Morgan. Texted it to you.
You do indeed need to interrupt the wire I mentioned earlier and run it through the box with the red and red/green wires on the MSD harness.
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