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Old Apr 10, 2023 | 06:17 PM
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I know there’s a lot of old threads on this but I can’t figure it out, my car is a 02 ss bought as a roller bored a gen 4 5.3 out to 5.7 used front cover and ls2 the half moon timing gear and chain and cam harness extension I have tried the the outside cam wires swapped and unswapped and cannot get my tach to work I’ve checked all the fuses they’re all good car starts up and runs fine for not having a very good tune it in just enough to get it to start and idle any help would be appreciated
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Old Apr 10, 2023 | 06:31 PM
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Stepper motor in the dash

Quit messing with the motor
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Old Apr 10, 2023 | 06:44 PM
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Hook up a scanner and see if your ECU is seeing RPM. If it is, chase the cluster as was mentioned. If not, then look elsewhere. Cam sensor/wiring maybe?
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Old Apr 10, 2023 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by RB04Av
Stepper motor in the dash

Quit messing with the motor
It goes to 0 whenever I start it would it still be the stepper motor?
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Old Apr 10, 2023 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Strutaeng2
Hook up a scanner and see if your ECU is seeing RPM. If it is, chase the cluster as was mentioned. If not, then look elsewhere. Cam sensor/wiring maybe?
I do have rpm signal when we hook up the laptop
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Factory tachometer not working?
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Old Apr 10, 2023 | 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by 01CamaroSSTx
Factory tachometer not working?
Yes factory tack
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Old Apr 11, 2023 | 06:01 AM
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Which company are you using for the camshaft extension harness?? If its RACETRONIX.... its most likely pinned wrong. Mine from them was pinned wrong and once we flipped the two wires around it worked correctly. Just something to look at.
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