g'day guys just got myself a 1992 1200 lwb ute stock standard even down to the wheels ,, that didnt last more then 2 days ,ok now for my question i put the tacho out of my sedan into it and wired it up the same way but it dont work i am figurering its because it has electronic dissy can anyone one help me out in regaurds to the way it should be wired << many thanks

Should still work the same regardless of what dissy it has. It still works off induction from the 12volt supply to the ignition coil.

i am unsure but i will look what gets me is the fact that it has 2 wires running down to the dissy i am wondering if thats my problem

electronic dissy will have 2 wires running to it from the coil, neither of which is used to make the tacho operate

if you don't mind me asking john, where did you get the ute from, as im going to have a look at a 1988 model this morning. its a jap import with supposedly only 49,000 k's on it. its the one in the latest sydney trading post.

i got it through the trading post here in brisbane i brought it of a private owner who had owned it for 6 years so he said

well i tryed again to get the tacho to work with no joy lol well it still looks better nthe the sunny infill they have standard hahhaa

How are you wireing it up?
Did it work in your sedan?
What kind of tacho is it? I am asuming original datsun.

yep shes a 1200 coupe tacho and i wired it the way i was told on here male to pos side of coil and female to big black n white wire behind ignition switch ,, still no luck

I dont really know what you are refering to as the male and female, but hopefully its the loop wire on the back of the tacho.
In your description it sounds like you connected it in parallel to the ignition supply to the coil. ( It should be in Series )
I am not sure of the wiring loom in the late model utes, so the easiest way to tell you to connect the tacho is:
Remove the wires that run to the positive side of the coil. Get a test light or multimeter and checK which of these wires has power when the key is in the on position. ( only required if there is more than one wire. I would think it has atleast 2 wires on the positive side of the coil )
Now this positive wire leave disconnected from the coil. Connect some wire of the same size or a little thicker to this positive wire and run it into the cabin and connect it to the tachos loop wire. Connect some more wire to the other side of this loop wire and then run it back into the engine bay and connect it to the coils positive side.
Now start the car. If the tacho fails to work, swap the loop wires around and restart the car and see if the tacho works.
If it doesnt work you have done something wrong with your wiring or you have burnt your tacho