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Go this Tachometer from eBay and trying to make it work on my 2008 Softail Rocker (FXCW)
It only came with 3 wires: Red (pos), Black (neg) & pink (signal?) I attach the positive to the lights fuse and the pink to the coil front cylinder, according to the service manual is the blue/orange cable all the way to the right:
When I start the bike it immediately shuts off. If I disconnect the pink cable bike starts fine.
I am aware all TwinCams are single fire. How do I know if the tachometer was made for dual fire? (Evo's).
Unsure about year 2008 but try this. Remove the dash from the tank. Look for a Blue wire that has been factory terminated. This blue wire should be the tach signal. Additionally, search within Harley's web site under accessories. Find the tach for your bike. You should be able to download an instruction sheet.
Unsure about year 2008 but try this. Remove the dash from the tank. Look for a Blue wire that has been factory terminated. This blue wire should be the tach signal. Additionally, search within Harley's web site under accessories. Find the tach for your bike. You should be able to download an instruction sheet.
I did that last night but no blue cable around. I redo the installation and finally was able to make it work. Went for a test ride and it never went above 2000RPM's. Obviously is not compatible. I am afraid the tachometer is for dual-fire ignition and the one in my bike is single-fire ignition. Did some research at the Baroncustom.com website and found they sell and adapter to convert to single-file ignition.
Now to remove everything and put wires to original state.
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Tachometer install?
