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Subject:Re: 88 GL - Resolved: Tach Inop after new coil install
From:David Bjorkman
Date:Mon, 13 Jan 2014 07:52:44 -0600

<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: rgb(0, 0, 0); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><DIV>Boy, you just never know when something different comes along to make one's life interesting.&nbsp; Thanks for the resolve and something else to look for.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Dave B.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="BORDER-TOP: #bcbcbc 1px solid; MARGIN: 5px 0px"></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000">On 01/11/14, <SPAN>JRodgers&lt;jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM&gt;</SPAN> wrote:</SPAN><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000">The final solution was to replace the double connector with the two<BR>green wires. I cut the two green wires - put faston connectors on each<BR>wire, and connected to the coil, worked like a champ. Engine fired right<BR>up - tach is operational.<BR><BR>I cut the connector apart to see what was wrong and found the copper<BR>inside was crushed. No way that was going to make a good mechanical<BR>connection. I can only believe that the terminal blades on the new coil<BR>were rough or something causing the material snag and curly up inside<BR>the connector housing, thus making for a bad connection.<BR><BR>Now it works.<BR><BR>Thanks to everyone for the input on this.<BR><BR>JOhn<BR></DIV></div>