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Wrong wire on the tach killed my ignition system 200 1984

posted by  Will740turbo on  Mon Dec 6 13:34 CST 2010
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Hey everyone.

I was on the board a while ago and was told that the red/white-striped wire should be connected to the tach on my 84 244DL. I connected it instead of the black wire that had been connected to my tach and after driving it for one day, the entire ignition system shut off. No spark no matter what.
I switched the wire from the red/white striped wire back to the black wire, and the car fired up immediately.
I took the cluster out in the dark (stupidly), so I didn't know which wire was originally connected.

Just wanted to share my experience and let people know that on the 84, the black wire is for the tach, not the red/white wire. Maybe there was a change after 84? Or maybe this car's wiring is as wacky as my 740's ;) I hope not. I would just edit or reply to my original thread, but it's been locked now.

Happy Bricking!
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1990 740 Turbo, on its way to stock specs, maybe beyond






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