good news!!, , and electrical questions Options

[tat2dphreak]

first the thrills of victory: the engine's in, and starts (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif) it took a push button for the starter(temp fix) but the damn thing will run...

now the new barrage of questions:

1) when I turn the key "on" the brake lights in the rear come on... now, I don't have the front brakes even attached right now (SOON) but will that cause the brake lights to be on? what to check? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

2) this one is just annoying: when I turn on a blinker(either) they work fine on the outside of the car, just like they are supposed to, but both indicators on the tach come one (like when the hazards are on)... the hazard switch works perfect... I just don't get why both indicators come on (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)


3) there are 3-4 wires that the wiring diagram shows going to the coil... but which side? there's a green wire from the distro, a blk/red wire, a blk/purple wire and I think there's 1 more... but I could be wrong? at anyrate, which side (+or - ) do these wires go to on the coil?

thanks in advance!

[Dave_Darling]

The 74+ tachs only have one turn signal light. Some early 74s had the 73 tach with two lights, but they were wired up so they both flashed at the same time. You need the earlier tach (with the silver cone in the middle) if you want two turn signal indicators.

Sounds like the original problem may be a ground or something wired incorrectly.

The coil connections: Black (may have red stripe) goes to (+). Green goes to (-). Black/purple (thinner than the other black wire, and the purple can be hard to see so look carefully) goes to (-).

--DD