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  1. J

    tachometer??

    thanks ollyc98, will probs call on your assistance later on in the project.
  2. J

    tachometer??

    by ring terminal do you mean a electrical connector that i can slip over a bolt and then put a nut on over top. wil going to halfords and saying i want some amp powere cable bee any good??? shr3k doesnt have the amp yet so we will investigate more when he gets nearer to getting one...
  3. J

    tachometer??

    thats allright, seeing as this isnt my car i dont mind :P we will probs be running a power feed to the boot for an amp. will i just connect this to the battery?? or what? i like to know how to fit things before we have to so i can prepare for a long haul if needs be. also it seems to...
  4. J

    tachometer??

    yea, no worrys mate. its working, thats all that matters. now its just fitting new head unit, amp, subwoofer, and new speakers. :S oh and a general tidy up. it has a roar to it without having a new back box fitted. thats with only a new air filter :P why are clear side...
  5. J

    tachometer??

    Got it in and working. pin 19 didnt seem to work :S so we connected it to the blue wire that goes into the DIZZY then through the firewall, under the dash and finaly into the tachometer. heres some pics to help someone later on jackassuk
  6. J

    tachometer??

    makes sense to me so connect the rev wire to pin 19, then connect live to pin 20 then ground it and if it doesnt work the tachometer is ####ed. oh and DONT CUT ANY CABLES :P will give it a go, if it doesnt work will make him eat his hat!!! (my friend that is, seeing as he says it...
  7. J

    tachometer??

    right, had a go at it, there waws a wire connected to pin 19 but it wasnt blue and black it was blue and gray, tried it anyway, but it seems that the tachometer isnt getting enough power or is duff i connected it to the switched live that the sterio connects to (wright or wrong?) and...
  8. J

    tachometer??

    is your nissan badge attached to your bonnet?? if it is then there should be a wire behind the dash if not then its pre facelift and you need to fit it to the coil. jackassuk
  9. J

    tachometer??

    i know what one looks like its just where it is, anyway i will try the pin 19 bit first then i will have to go from there. doing this will not cause an MOT failure will it? just got to shake him by the ankles to get the money. Cheers jackassuk
  10. J

    tachometer??

    that pic is of what the car isnt. so the opposit of that pic is what my friend has, his has the nissan badge that is attached to the bonnet jackassuk
  11. J

    tachometer??

    ok thanks. i was thinking it was the otherway round. his was pre facelift. thats ok, now we just need to dismantle his dash. easy to do??? or is it a sledghammer to loosen it off a bit? Thanks jackassuk
  12. J

    tachometer??

    ok, i know nothing about the car realy. i think somware in its name was celebration. will have to get onto friend and ask. i have found a tachometer with 3 wires, and a chrome pod. comes to about £15 in total, but that only on bids. so if we look behind the guages and there is a...
  13. J

    tachometer??

    ok, thanks for the help. how much would a tachometer with a shift light cost?? is £30 inc delivery too cheep or about average. it will probs be bought from ebay. jackassuk
  14. J

    tachometer??

    thats or not and. so it could be either the illumination feed (dash backlight) tachometer counter (negative side of coil) but there are also people saying wrap the sensor cable around the ht leads? willl that work?
  15. J

    tachometer??

    i have looked and its very confusing. there are posts saying one thing then posts saying another. what i think i have to do is, if get a tachometer with 4 wires Live (goes to live switched) neutral (goes to earth) Tachometer counter (goes to negative side of coil) illumination (goes...
  16. J

    tachometer??

    can you suggest a good tachometer with a shift light (i dont think he will use it but he wants it) and can anyone give me a copy of how to fit one?? i know there probs is instructions in the kit but i would like to figure out how to fit onw before he purchases it. also Photos would be...
  17. J

    tachometer??

    any chance of a photo of where the coil is, and what wire? anyone got a diagram of the coil? and where the wire for the illumination will go? positive is just on somthing like the switch live on the headunit? thanks for giving me the basics as i now feel alot better at fitting it now...
  18. J

    tachometer??

    hi, my friend and i have been doing some basic mods to his 1.0 micra, we have fitted a performance air filter (He wanted it) fitted a cheep cd player for now. fitted 2 new rear speakers. but what he wants done now is a tachometer fitted. he wants one with a shift light (he has...
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