As others have already stated, you use the 6 cylinder setting for dwell readings, and connect the +'ve lead of the meter to green connector at the front of the engine. 03-03-2022 06:38 PM. So where do i hook it up? Question about tach/dwell meter. An external tachometer should be employed. So you needed the extra lead to read battery volts or resistance. High RPMs is what it says. Last edited by XxXChrisGXxX; 03-12-2008 at 09:34 PM.
Location: Seattle, WA. 016" or, the past couple of years, with a dial indicator on the point arm. At any rate, with the new electronics, this stuff is now a thing of the past. Instead, hook the signal wire to the dwell meter directly to the points wire that is coming off of the distributor. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. It showed to connect it to the negative lead from the ignition coil, which i believe is where the tach connects. I believe its because its getting double grounded i cant figure this one out. It might sound like something from "Back to the Future" (in fact, there was time when this process was considered almost magical), but today it's basic automotive knowledge. 17. second coil, i hooked the aligator clip wire there, and the booted wire to neg term and got nothing... need to make jumpers were im totally confused.. the second coil is my coil, i hook the green wire where u stated because that is the tach wire, so were do i make jumper? The TECH TIP writer, Sanford Danziger, advises using the Dwell Meter and Dwell Angle specification found in the manual. How to hook up a dwell meter to set points. It almost appears to be where another attachment would plug in. Joined: December 01, 2005.
I hate to burden everyone with stupid problems. It should actually say "TACH" on it and is just connected to the negative side of the coil. Time for a new distributor? 2 using a 2 wire tach/dwell meter should the red wire be connected to 80-18(negative) wire from coil to distro with black wire grounded or on the 12-80(positive)wire. 73 VW T2 Sportsmobile T4 1800 dual webber ICT's. How to hook up a dwell meter. Location: Russia, OH. The green goes to the negative side, which the tach also uses, unless it has a pickup that clamps around the number one plug wire. Forum Jump|| Forum Permissions.
You could do that, if it is necessary to do so I'd question the accuracy of the entire meter. 1986 Monte Carlo SS. Joined: 22 May 2007. 1989 Isuzu Trooper S/ 4WD / 2. If I remember correctly a Chevy 350 had a point setting of. Hand Held Tachometer Where Do I Hook It Up? Dyin Over Here. • To the intelligent person, life appears infinitely mysterious, but the stupid have an answer for everything. The dwell meter is also capable of detecting high point resistance (oxidation) or poor connections within the distributor. Can't this be done with a single point?