How to add a tach to a 99 S-10?

[67ChevyRedneck]

New to S-10's. I have a 2.2L 5 speed base model. I'd really like to add a tach to it. Has anyone done this? Where the heck do you hook up the wires? Everything has a cover on it, I can't even find the spark plugs

I've seen that I can buy a tach dash on ebay, but the mileage will be wrong, I kinda don't like that.... if I did go that route... again, how do I hook it up? Will the rest of the wiring plug in and work with the tach dash?

Anyone mounted an aftermarket one (no giant ricer stuff, please )

Also, what's the redline for the 2.2L? I know this engine is a dog, but I've been wanting to own a manual again since I sold my 5 speed 86 toyota truck in '04 and now that I've got one, I kinda like watching a tach, stupid, I know, but I find myself looking at the ones in my silverado and C-10 a lot

[c-tenkid]

Does your truck have a distrubitor?


If it does I just trace the wire from the coil to the distrubitor.Not the wire that is like a plug wire.Just a small little wire.My truck is a 4.3.I then used a little connector where you place both wires side by side and smash a little peice of metal into both of them.Then it clamps down.(common thing at parts stores)

This worked in my 99.As well as a 92 s-10 and my 1990 fullsize.



If it doesn't have a distrubitor you might have to buy a tach adapter as well as the tach.Autometer sells them.

As far as redline I am not sure.Like I said my s-10 is a 4.3.I have my pointer set at 4500.Sure it will go higher but it doesn't make any power up there.Goes faster when you short shift it.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Thanks for the info. I know what you mean on the connectors, my bowtie overdrive lock-up kit came with them to "tie" into the brake light wire to disengage the TC lock-up.

Did you buy a tach gauge cluster, or just an aftermarket tach?

[67ChevyRedneck]

I went ahead and joined an S-10 forum. I'm 27 and feel old there

Apparently, the wiring is all there, so it's a simple plug and play. All I have to do is buy a cluster from a 2nd gen S-10 with a tach, it just has to be from a 2.2L 5 spd.

[c-tenkid]

I used a 3 3/8 sun supertach.Paid 10 bucks for it at a swap meet.Works perfect.Still in good shape to.

[corn]

I bought a tach dash for my 96 & bolted it in. Wiring was already in the plug...

[67ChevyRedneck]

I couldn't believe how easy it was. I bought one from S-10 warehouse on ebay, very knowledgeable folks. All S-10 dashes are plug and play. It doesn't matter if it's a 2.2 or 4.3 or tach or no tach. The only thing that does matter is a 98 will only work in a 98, 99 only in a 99, but the 00-'03 will interchange with other 00-03 dashes. The only thing you want to watch for is if it was an auto or a manual. Your dash would look goofy if you have PRND321 on your dash if you have a 5 spd The tachs have different red-lines, but who red-lines a stock 2.2 or 4.3??? I think the 2.2 is 5500 and the 4.3 is 5200.

Anyway, I bought a 99 dash out of a 4.3L 5 spd truck with 97K on the clock (mine is getting close to 93K) and I plugged it in last night and rode around house hunting for an hour or so. Everything seems to be spot on, tach, speedometer, voltage, water temp, oil pressure. The only thing that was "off" was my fuel gauge which was reading about 1/8th lower than it was reading on the other dash when I plugged it in. I hate to pull it back out, but I want my truck to have the correct mileage, so I can reinstall it in a few thousand miles. I'm taking the truck to NY next month, so that will probably be 1,600 or so miles by the time I get there and drive around for a while.

Pretty cool