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Where do i hook the tach wire?

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Old 10-20-2009, 10:33 PM
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If you notice, you have the common wire on each coil as grn/red. Dont use them but use any other wire on any coil.
 
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ok ill try to explain it a little better. Your pic is a little confusing to me right now. You usually have 3 wires going to each coilpack,

say you have on clylinder 1: 1 red wire, 1 black wire, 1 blue wire
then cylinder 3: 1 red wire, 1 black wire, 1 pink wire
then cylinder 5: 1 red wire, 1 black wire, 1 green wire
then cylinder 7: 1 red wire, 1 black wire, 1 purple wire

So if you wanted to hook the tach wire to cylinder 1 you would use the blue wire, any of the wires that are not the same coil pack to coil pack will work.

I am not using the actual wire colours but if you need then give me your engine and year of your truck and ill tell you which one to tie into.
 
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each coil only has 2 wires each as i shown. its a 03 with the 5.7

and what about the other pic? any idea what that means?
 

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Mine also only has 2 wires to each coil.

As for the other pic goes, you need to figure out which trigger wire you need to use off the RS. You either need the (+) trigger or the the (-) trigger. I dont remember which one I used on mine honestly.
 
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Originally Posted by weedahoe
Mine also only has 2 wires to each coil.

As for the other pic goes, you need to figure out which trigger wire you need to use off the RS. You either need the (+) trigger or the the (-) trigger. I dont remember which one I used on mine honestly.

what does the trigger wire do? and where does it go? how do i know what one to use?
 
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Is this an alarm or RS? Who makes it and what is the model?
 
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Is this an alarm or RS? Who makes it and what is the model?

its a remote start only. its a add on system to use in conjunction with the factory keyless entry and factory remote. http://ultrastarters.com/products/1155.html
 
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anyone know what the positive or negative activation input is?
 
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It means does your starter circuit need a (+) given to it to energize the circuit and start the truck. This would mean the ground is constant.

The other way around means does the trucks ignition circuit have a constant 12v and need a ground (-) supplied from the RS to start the ignition

Thats why you are provided two to choose from depending on which you need.
 
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so what one do i need to use and where do i tap into it on the truck?
 


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