Hey, taking out the clock and chucking a factory tacho in my ute, lighting for the gauge, earth and power are all straight forward but can anybody tell me if there is the ignition feed and ignition to coil wires which already exist in a loom which from factory, didnt have a tacho. I can wire it up myself, but i thought if these connections already exist in the loom i can end up with an easier, and neater, factory looking job.
Any info appreciated, cheers guys!

yes, most 1200s have the wiring in the loom. Newer utes do not.

Tacho feed in 1200 dash harness, might be marked by yellow tape:



If the newer ute doesn't have a dash harness LOOP, you can:
* Find the BW wire in the dash, cut it, and connect to the tacho loop
or
* Run new wires from coil back into the cabin and connect to tachometer.

Photos and diagrams at Wiring, section Tachometer

thanks mate! my utes an '82 model. hoping it has factory tacho wires in loom, ive called it a day today, been working on other bits and pieces all day, hopefully to be sweet for the cruise in august! thanks mate, ill find out first thing in the morning.

my 76 ute didnt have the loop wires in the harness , i found the bw wires in the harness cabin side of the firewall , cut them & ran new wires to the loop on the back of the tacho pretty easy , make sure u have wires around the right way , if it doesnt work swap the wires around

awesome, yeah i think thats what i might be up against. thanks very much for the advice man, im gonna hook in in the morning and get it finished. cheers man!

no worries mate , i did mine a few weeks ago works a treat let us know how go

sweet as, will do mate cheers.. my ute has an aftermarket tacho sitting under the dash, im taking it out and want to do a nice clean wiring job on the factory tacho as i want to go for the stock look. plus my clock worked intermittently anyway haha. thanks again man.

yeah thats it mate , make it nice & clean

Tacho is in operable! thanks for the help guys! cheers!

beauty glad to hear mate , peice of piss hey ?? what did u end up doing ?