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    Well, your connections are correct, i.e.,

    Red - switched 12 volts
    White - panel lights
    Black - ground (i like to go to the battery or a chassis ground - not the dash)
    Green - Tach terminal on distributor

    A couple things:
    1. Check on the back of your tach and make sure the cylinder selection is at 8.
    2. The HEI coil has three wires. The red one connects to battery, the black is ground, and the yellow one is the tach lead. Check to make sure the yellow lead is firmly seated and that the wire is not broken between the coil and the terminal. Picture below may shed some light.

    It is possible to destroy a tach if the ignition is on and the green wire is grounded, but it has to be a hard ground and you would have smelled (or seen) smoke from the tach.

    Hope this helps,
    Glenn
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