I must have had these sitting around for close to a year, I just got done installing them today. It was rather involved making the adapters for the senders, but they came out nice. I still have to find the wire for the factory dash lights so I can wire them up correctly.

 

Many moons ago... but if I recall correctly, look for a fairly thin purple/yellow wire in the bundle above the fuse area.

Nice job!

 

That looks great, havent see that set up yet....

 

Thanks Tony. I'll look for that wire.

 

Thanks, that's kinda why I wanted to do it that way, because I haven't seen it either. The pod is homemade and was really pretty easy.

 

I think there are two such wires in that bundle... and I recall that it's the one harder to find, or deeper. Good luck!

 

Find the gray w/ red stripe wire in the thick harness next to the clutch pedal and tap into that. It's the gauge illumination wire, controlled by the dimmer:


Despite the number of wires in that harness, the wire is usually found near the outside of the bundle. This source/wire can be found all over the dash and console, wherever there is an illuminated gauge or control. Tap wherever convenient, the area shown above is actually the easiest. Toughest part is picking the wire from the bundle.

 

Yes, the gauges look great.

now, you need to join the club and put a few on the pillar.

Ive found the easiest to get to is the non functioning illumination wire for the cig lighter. i run all my gauges off that illumination wire.

same colors as the other ones in the car, so i assume its all the same circuit.

 

Thanks Phil, I remember you telling me that. I'll have to fish it out. BTW, how the hell did you get a camera up in there?

 

So much for my memory! Thanks Greatbear for the correction. That grey does look a little purple though

 

Thanks Rick. What do you mean by "non-functioning"? Does that cig lighter socket just pop outta there?

 

my "lighted Cig surround" doesnt light up.

theres no led in it!

the clip lugs into nothing, its the wierdest thing ive seen on the car. like it was planned to be there, but it wasnt ever gone forth with.

it pops out but doesnt go back in, lol. i just put a block off cover over it, since the power no runs the CB instead of the cig lighters.

 

That is pretty weird. I might check out the wire to the lighter.

BTW, how does your car run with no BPV? I don't think mine's working right.

 

lopes real bad at an idle, under 20 mpg mileage... typical signs of one thats stuck shut.

 

Great job and a unique install.You are off to a good start! Some day you could end up like this Volvo

Randy
M7 Tuning

 

hey, i got another question...


whered ya tap for oil pressure? ive been maning to get an oil psi gauge..

 

The factory sender hole. Use a 3/8" pipe thread nipple, 1" long(maybe 1 1/2" i'll check), get a female tee, grind off the "T" part, run a tap down it. Screw the nipple in the block, screw on the tee so the part you ground off is on the side, put the factory sender in the end and your gauge sender in the tee.

 

Yea thanks, but I don't think so.

 

Pfft. That's nothing. Here's a pic of the dash of my mothballed baby. I did the dash around 1985. The car has sadly been sitting around collecting dust since about '94. Perhaps one day I will drag it out and start working on it again. I wont say what kind of car it is, see if y'all can guess.





There is more that can't be seen in these pictures. I gotta dig around for more. Yes, I was crazy like that in my youth.

 

what were you thinking and how do those enhance your driving experience?

 

charger

 

and its a 69


and am i safe to assume the car was an SE, non R/T?

 

When one has a cantankerous, twin four barrel, 500hp big block engine under the hood, one needs all the info about it and control over it as possible!

 

But did it have flares like this ?


Randy
m7 Tuning

 

dude, its got louvers. id drive it!