tach install?

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tach install?

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how do i install a f600 tach? i know how to install the gauge to the panel, but what about the electrical side?
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if its electical it hooks to the coil i think. i have never done it. i have read that electrical tachs hook to the coil. i fit is mechanicl it has a cable similar to the speedocable and hooks up using that cable. but i dotn know what it would hook to on our trucks.
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tach signal wire goes to the ignition coil ground. im sure you can figure out power and ground for the tach
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