'78 Jaguar 6 Cylinder Tacho Wiring ?

[VWNate1]

From a very nice four door sedan .

It has two electrical connections :

Round pin with white wire having both a red tracer and a blue spiral

Flat male connector with a solid green wire .

SMITHS RVC 2612/02F

Negative earth

What goes where please ? .

TIA ,

[HealeyBN7]

Nate,

Not exactly the same model, but on page 9 of my Europa Manual shows how I wired up my RVC.

You can find it here (I hope).

http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/cF-FUHvROY ... 031212.pdf

If the link doesn't work, I'll send you the pdf.

Dean

[malcolmr18zoy]

Hi Nate,
The green wire goes to the voltage stabilizer, and the white slate and blue wire goes to the ignition ballast resistor. It also needs to be grounded.
Malcolm

[VWNate1]

THANX ! .

It needs less than 12 volts then ? .

TIA ,

[malcolmr18zoy]

The voltage comes from the voltage stabilizer, and the signal comes from the ignition ballast resistor.
Malcolm

[VWNate1]

You dodged my question Malcom :

Some gauge voltage stabilizers work like a turn signal flasher , they click on and off and the gauge never quite receives 12 volts , the interruption of power seves to dampen the gauge so the needle doesn't flicker .

Others function like ballast resistors and provide a steady 7 ~ 9 VDC , I don't know what a Jaguar XK does and don't have one to test .

I guess I'll just power this thing up and find out .

[malcolmr18zoy]

I'm fairly sure they're stabilized to 12 volts, but you could just use a Jaguar voltage stabilizer to be sure.
Malcolm

[VWNate1]

Therin lies the rub ~ .

I don't know where it is in a Jag. nor what it looks like . I did spend some time poking 'round the opened dashboard .

That sure was a sweet kitty , should NOT have been junked ! .