Installing Tach for Suzuki DT85

[tinkertinker]

Thanks for taking a look - this forum is amazing...

Have a new basic Suzuki tach, already have the suzuki multifunction monitor installed and working well with my '98 DT85. I know that the main wires I need for the tach are gray, black, and yellow.

There were little black plugs in a gray and black junction on the harness up front, and that seems to be where I shove the gray and black quick connects for the tach. I think.

But the only place I see a yellow lead available is in a little bundle coming out the back of the throttle remote. (alongside wires that I think are for a remote tilt/trim switch, they are pink and blue).

Is that where my tach lead is supposed to come from? Do I just run a wire from there and use the black and gray female quick connects I found in the harness?

I'm kinda wishing I got that tiny tach thing, thinking about making this big hole in the dash...

Thanks!

Tinker

 

[deejaycee_2000]

Re: Installing Tach for Suzuki DT85

see the wiring diagram in this post .......

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=209509

 

[tinkertinker]

Re: Installing Tach for Suzuki DT85

Thanks, that's a valuable chart.

I know I need the yellow for the tach gauge, my question is whether I need some kind of short factory harness adapter that will split off yellow lead up under the dash, or whether I can/should use the yellow lead coming off the throttle remote.

Thanks for any help.

-Tinker

 

[grid]

Re: Installing Tach for Suzuki DT85

You can use any available (close) yellow, gray, and black. Black is obviously ground; gray is 12V-key on; and yellow is the tach pulse, no matter where you pick it up. You can even make your own connectors, but DON'T use Scotchloks!