lmurf60

i got a tach for my 2000 focus and i am stuck on how to install it .i just what and where is the negative distributor coil.

kodyaccord

I am not sure about a negative distributor coil but the distributor coil is the spark wire that goes from your ignition coil to the center of your distributor in other words the one cable that doesnt go to any of the spark plugs

lmurf60

thanks dude, but how does this coil come into play when rigging up a tach, (my kit had bad instructions)

kodyaccord

not sure but just connect it how it says and if it works then it works. does you car not have a tac?. the coil transfers the electrical current created by the ignition and sends it into the distributor and as the rotor spins past the spark plurg wire connection on the cap the current jumps from the rotor into the spark plug wire and travel to each plug where it makes another jump to ignite the fuel

lmurf60

it has no tach, thanks dude

kodyaccord

i am sure it has something to do with the electrical timing of the distributor and translates I have never had a car with out a tach so I have no idea where or how it gets its info

lmurf60

how would i tell if my set up is distributorless or not, cause the instuctions has different ways for each

lmurf60

yeah the kit's guide has told me to find a wiring diagram and then put the wire where the orginal tach wire whent

lmurf60

another question, would it look cool to mount the tach on the hood.

kodyaccord

your car may be new enough that it might not have a distributor not exactly sure how to tell though over the net but go to your auto parts store and get a repair manual for your year and make it will tell you which you have also in the back it will have all the wiring diagrams you need

kodyaccord

i personally wouldnt the weather might damage it get a pillar gauge mount or some frog eyes mount

lmurf60

okay, thanks

lmurf60

well before that i got to get it wired and thats killin me because i don't know where to run the last wire

kodyaccord

whats the last wire supposed to go to?

lmurf60

i got the where i whant to put my power and ground but know the tach. signal wire is meesing me up. the instructions where little help, and the ford focus manual said hook it up to the powertrain control module, but i cant find that and that prolly wont help either.