I don't mean to sound like a noob, but my 99 5.2l doesn't have a tach either, and its a manual trans

 

when your ready to put one in... talk to rodgedoger... i just schooled him up good and right.. cake walk to install an aftermarket tach

 

throw me a link to some cool stuff on that....

 

please elaborate

 

i was just wishing u good luck not saying its hard

 

I'm new to the forum and was also wondering how to hookup an aftermarket tachometer.I have a 1998 ram 1500 with the 5.2 318.I was having trouble finding out where to attach the tach wire to get a rpm reading.I tried the coil neg wire (black with grey tracer) and I tried the factory tach wire (grey with light blue tracer) both gave no reading.Do I need an tach adapter to get it to work?

 

The factory tach wire probably isn't the correct signal for your tach...... its kind of a funny system....... (and far more complicated than it really needs to be....) Your tach should have been able to figger something out from the ground side of the coil..... did you have good connections all the way to the tach?

 

Yup I solderer all the wire connections.I was told that I need a tach adapter such as the MDS 8910 for it to work correctly is this so?

 

Woulda been nice had the previous posters in this thread actually posted the info...... The tach adapter MIGHT work, but, I don't think so......

With your tach hooked up 'correctly', does the engine run, and the tach just not do anything?

 

Yup the engine starts and runs fine.The tach needle just lays there.