please help..installing monster tacho..???

FTO-NX · Post by **FTO-NX** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:08 am

i recieved a monster tacho from mah gf as a xmas present YEHEY!!!
newayz i went to auto electrical shop...and they looked at mah engine and they said they have to know which wire or what they called tach scale or sumthing..they said about 40 wires r in there and they're not sure which ones which goes trough the tacho so they told me to get a wiring diagram from the internet or mitsubishi... did neone have installed a monster tacho on there cars..?? please help...

cheers,
nick

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 12:14 pm

aaaawww??? how come you get to open your xmas pressie so soon???

...reckon i can be your GF's best friend or something? hehehe..!!

I'd say go to another auto electrician...

DZYRME · Post by **DZYRME** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 7:19 pm

Installing the Monster Tacho is simple. In my FTO I tapped in to the back of the cluster. There is a screw with a (+) sign behind the standard Rev gauge. Unscrew that screw, and connect the appropriate wire to that. The other wire's are Positve and Negative terminals that connect to a 12V source, and if I remeber correctly there is another wire to that controls the shift light on the Tacho as well.

Hope this helps

Brendan

FTO2sxy · Post by **FTO2sxy** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 5:13 pm

where abouts is the back of the cluster???

DZYRME · Post by **DZYRME** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:41 pm

It is where your existing speedo and rev tacho are.
You need to remove the two screws above the steering wheel.
Then slide out the panel that has the Fog light buttons on it.
Make sure you disconnect the button.
Then unscrew the clear plastic cover in front of the gauges.
The whole thing should pull out, when all the screws are out.
Then you wire it to the back of the cluster. There is a screw with a (+) sign behind the standard Rev gauge.. That is where you connect the appropriate wire to.

The "cluster" is what the gauges and rev tacho are!!

FTO2sxy · Post by **FTO2sxy** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 11:03 pm

is there any wire just in the engine bay that u can connect it to instead of ripping out the speedo???

DZYRME · Post by **DZYRME** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 11:15 pm

Off the top of my head, you can only connect a wire to the engine bay if you have a carburetted car. Otherwise you have to connect it to the computer in the car. This bypasses both of them..

FTO2sxy · Post by **FTO2sxy** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:46 pm

i have found a wire located close to the battery to connect the tacho, but it turns the original tacho off once connected, and the revs keep playing up at low revz????

FTO2sxy · Post by **FTO2sxy** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 1:55 pm

should the original tacho in the dash turn off when the monsta tacho is connected, this happens in my fto, but i dont think it should, i have connected it to the back of the cluster???

Post by **smorison** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 2:23 pm

i know which wire from the ECU it is after just installing an apexi RSM

you can download the wiring diagrams off the apexi usa website (in english). i'll bring it along on Sunday for the sydney cars

Adriano · Post by **Adriano** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 2:26 pm

i dunno bout tachos like your one, but ive got a HUD connected at the back of the dash cluster and it doesnt turn off my dash tacho...
hope that helps....

Post by **smorison** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 3:35 pm

it will be drawing too much current i think you'll find