Now, before everybody goes ballistic on me here, I should letcha know up front that I've spent the past two days and prolly 8 hours trying to find a wiring diagram for a 96 na eclipse...

My car doesn't have a tach, so I bought an aftermarket one, and for the life of me I can't figure out where to clip the damn lead. Now, I'm pretty new to DSMs, so it took me 2 hours to figure out where the ECU in my car was...

however, I haven't found any one page on the web, or anywhere else, that breaks down tach instalation shotgun style.

I've tried installing it on pins 73, 6, 8... I'm not sure if I'm in the right spot though because a lot of the diagrams don't really match up to what I'm looking at...

any help (photos= teh good, I'm just a simple jarhead here folks)is much appreciated.

your car didnt come with a tach??? i thought all eclipses did.

all 2g eclipses all models come with tachs, nt 5spd has 9k RPM, nt AT has 8k RPM, turbos have 9k.
later
chris

Just fyi, NOT all 2g eclipses came with tachs. On the 95 and 96 RS's a tach was an option. In mine and a few people I know we did not have one but as far as the aftermarket tach install, the wires should be behind the black plastic cutout where the stock tach would normally be.

- Phil

to answer your question boss, the wire u need to run it is the WHITE WIRE . its around the middle of your wiring harness, just remove the cover and go to work. if ya dont know were its at, its under the hood in front of the battery, silver thing, with black cover covering wires.

and your right, most super base models eclipse didnt include a tach, common in the 95-96,

hope this helped you, now you can get some sleep :)

Dwayne H
A.K.A D-low
"PAID THE COST TO BE THE BOSS"

Fully built motor,Hrc stage 3, 19 inch rollers, Big Brakes, Targa top conversion, custom hood,supra taillights, trd wing with cf, kaminari widebody kit, air ride, autometer guages and all of Apexi Sacf, avc-r, rev/speed meter. interior fully glassed, tenzo r seats, pics soon to come!

Nope, wrong again!!

It was not an option on the RS, rather in 96, the only year, there was a base model below the RS, in which it DID NOT come with a tach. My friend if you have no factory tach, then you have exactly what I have, a 96 Eclipse (base model). If you do a carfax it will report 1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse. Nothing else, becasue thats all that it is. The RS's say RS the GST's say GST blah blah blah.

But, the good thing is your actually about 60 lbs lighter then that RS :-)


Jason
96 Eclipse m/t <-- Being replaced on Wed by a 95 talon tsi awd
http://www.santown.com/eclipse
http://www.santown.com/DSM

yep hes right, it was only the 96. a model below the rs, can you believe that? it had steel rims no radio, no rear defroster, etc etc

damn, and i thought i had it bad with my rs! im thankfull that mine came with the tach and radio and defrostor, thats gonna suck! i thougth when people refered to "base models" they talked about rs's. never knew there was something lower than that.

actually, hes wrong, my ex- girlfriend has a 1995 RS. It has no tachometer.

Dwayne H
A.K.A D-low
"PAID THE COST TO BE THE BOSS"

Fully built motor,Hrc stage 3, 19 inch rollers, Big Brakes, Targa top conversion, custom hood,supra taillights, trd wing with cf, kaminari widebody kit, air ride, autometer guages and all of Apexi Sacf, avc-r, rev/speed meter. interior fully glassed, tenzo r seats, pics soon to come!

Hey, I was just wondering if that worked? I've got the same car, with the same problem.

What works, order a tach (an RS or GS) from the dealer and screw it in where the tach is supposed to be. Yes it's that simple. No wiring just screw it in.



1996 Eclipse base model RIP

1997 Eclipse RS

1995 Eagle Talon TSi AWD

1989 Dodge Daytona 2.5 turbo
(tinker car)

1991 Eclipse GSX

>What works, order a tach (an RS or GS) from the dealer and
>screw it in where the tach is supposed to be. Yes it's that
>simple. No wiring just screw it in.


This *DOES* work, I did it to my 96 Eclipse (base model, not RS). I'd suggest getting a cluster from Ebay or somewhere other than the dealer though, the dealer here in Texas quoted me $150 for the tach.

Tallahasse is 126 shipped with DSM discount.
Should be cheaper on ebay or if someone is selling a whole cluster, good luck.


Michelle

1997 Eclipse RS
1991 Eclipse GSX
1995 Eagle Talon TSi AWD
1989 Dodge Daytona 2.5 turbo
(tinker car)
1996 Eclipse base model RIP

well then what do yall have for the tach...those of you who have the base model?? is it just a black circle or is teh cluster different????

yeah, there's just a round black plastic piece in the cluster where the tach is supposed to be.

welcome back Michelle. Long time no see :)

anybody have a dash pic of this phantom cluster?

Hope your wite wire on the ECU works, mine didn't and I had to get the Autometer Tach Adapter to get it to work. Anyways, for those who are curious, here is a pic of the big black ring that us "lucky" ones have.

wow do0d, that was quick.
thx!
:thumbsup

yep, that's what mine used to look like. :D

Damn...I have been lucky. Over the years, I have owned probably 20 Eclipses and I didn't realize there was a base beneath the RS. That instrument cluster is as bad as it gets.

wow dude thanks