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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 11:45 PM
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i was looking at my ignition coil today and there was a red wire a white wire and a single tan wire that was not plugged into anything what is this wire???
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 1:22 PM
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i honstely dont know but i do know i hooked my rpm gauge up to it and i have an rpm gauge... so to hook up and RPM gauge?? lol i asked the same thing so i tryed hooking that up and it worked so it could be there if you want to put in a aftermarket rpm...
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You can also connect to that wire for a remote starter to confirm starting.
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 4:31 PM
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ok thanks guys
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 6:48 PM
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Judging by these responses, I'd go with a possible tach wire...? Do you have a tach mr suzuki
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 7:24 PM
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Yes i do mr silvy!!
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 8:39 PM
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Winna winna winna
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 9:36 PM
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Did you install that?? I been meaning to get me one of them but I can't decide where I want to put it, and I am a complete electrical idiot
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A friend of mine put a small tack on the steering column. Don't know how he mounted it but it looked good there. Didn't obstruct the view of the instrument cluster.
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 10:47 PM
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mine had little clips so i just put it in the dash in front of the stock radio... i have an aftermarket radio so i dont use it anyways... but there easy to install theres a ground a hot and thats "tan wire"
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