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Old 06-15-07, 07:06 AM
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Tachometer reading is half than the microtech says...

My microtech is configured correctly at 4 cyl for a 2 rotor engine, the idle is 750, but my tachometer is barely registering, I have it hooked up at the stock position, what else could be the problem?
Old 06-15-07, 01:19 PM
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Check the wiring around the trailing coil plug. If it's in poor condition or the plug is dirty, the tack will be random...
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the tach itself could also be damaged from a voltage spike if it was incorrectly wired up initially.
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Okay, I found out what was wrong. Apparently my trailing coils aren't firing, so I'm only getting readings from the leading coil. I have power to the microtech, and I am doubly sure that I wired the trailing coils correctly. I checked, double checked, and triple checked them. I'm gonna see if I can get a set of working coils to see if they work.
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Fixed the problem.

Someone had set the spark trigger to negative when it was supposed to be +maz.
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