wiring in gauges

17th October 2006, 20:08

ive bought a double pod gauge for the sax, i have a voltage gauge and a vacuum gauge, however the voltage gauge didnt come with instructions..... any ideas? also the vacuum gauge seems tricky.... any advise would be great!

17th October 2006, 20:26

my voltmeter had 4 wires coming from the back. one positive, one negative and the other two were to connect to the lights so when you turn them on the guage also lights up. yours may not be the same though.

17th October 2006, 22:34

mine are from the smoked series so they get power when the ignition is on..... and they go black when not

17th October 2006, 22:53

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Originally Posted by stevossaxo

mine are from the smoked series so they get power when the ignition is on..... and they go black when not

you need to wire to a live what comes on when the ignittions on

could use cig lighter
rear window heater
ignition itself

not sure about vacum one

17th October 2006, 23:08

i got the same 2 gauges both easy 2 fit! Voltage gauge fits into ur Head Unit Power and then u have to Earth it!

21st October 2006, 14:15

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Originally Posted by beardy

i got the same 2 gauges both easy 2 fit! Voltage gauge fits into ur Head Unit Power and then u have to Earth it!

cool, then what about the vacumm one mate?

21st October 2006, 15:05

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Originally Posted by stevossaxo

cool, then what about the vacumm one mate?

i will check this out for u..

22nd October 2006, 16:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by beardy

i will check this out for u..

that would be appreciated mate

23rd October 2006, 09:47

This would be very useful if someone could get info on how to do this please!

26th October 2006, 00:36

any more news beardy mate?

26th October 2006, 01:36

ye i wouldnt mind a vacumm gauge to help my MPG lol

28th October 2006, 13:08

bump, may put these in over weekend, there must b loasa people that have installed these gauges

28th October 2006, 14:19

vacum guage should be t peiced into the vacum tube from the brake servo to the throttle body

30th October 2006, 09:23

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Originally Posted by Scott

vacum guage should be t peiced into the vacum tube from the brake servo to the throttle body

dont like the sound of that :shock:

30th October 2006, 09:36

ok, from the voltage gauge i have got:
1 red
1 black
1 yellow

then from the vacuum i got:
1 orange
1 red
1 black
1 rubber clear cable (for the vacuum)

wire for wire help would be great, as im going to have a go at these today!

30th October 2006, 14:53

bumpedy bump

1st November 2006, 16:00

back to the top me thinks

1st November 2006, 21:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevossaxo

ok, from the voltage gauge i have got:
1 red
1 black
1 yellow

then from the vacuum i got:
1 orange
1 red
1 black
1 rubber clear cable (for the vacuum)

wire for wire help would be great, as im going to have a go at these today!

just a guess here but seems to make sense to me.

volt gauge
red positive on the battery
black negative on the battery
yellow to a switched live (i.e cig lighter or if u can get to the back of ur igintion switch the wire that goes to the first turn on the key as this should be the accessory position)

vacuum gauge
red and black same as above
orange same as yellow above and then the vacuum pipe would go as directed in an earlier post.

like i say thats just a guess from the info u've supplied. hope it helps though

2nd November 2006, 00:23

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Originally Posted by gibs-rallye

just a guess here but seems to make sense to me.

volt gauge
red positive on the battery
black negative on the battery
yellow to a switched live (i.e cig lighter or if u can get to the back of ur igintion switch the wire that goes to the first turn on the key as this should be the accessory position)

vacuum gauge
red and black same as above
orange same as yellow above and then the vacuum pipe would go as directed in an earlier post.

like i say thats just a guess from the info u've supplied. hope it helps though

thats what im thinking too, just need it confirming really, cheers for your help bud.

2nd November 2006, 10:09

id say thats what it is too mate, why u get a vaccum gauge tho

2nd November 2006, 17:58

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Originally Posted by stevossaxo

thats what im thinking too, just need it confirming really, cheers for your help bud.

not a problem mate thats just an educated guess mind i fit alot of things to vehicle that are enhancements never gauges though so just guessin