Paca

anyone got instructions or manuals on how to install these gauges ,i have boost gauge ,oil temp gauge and oil pressure gauge ...any help would be greatly appreciated..

alcazar

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There USED to be a good site with help:

chiark hub.home

Alcazar

armogedden57

Paca got those three auto gauges in mine, the instructions were fairly clear, but what you having problems with mate??

Matt_taylor

i need to pick up a live feed for mine, on my classic,

where is the best place??

alcazar

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Permanent live can be had from the back of the hazard warning light switch, switched live from the radio feed.

Alcazar

Matt_taylor

Cool take it its easier to go from back of the head unit??

was just gonna cut the red wire then scotch block it,

Which is best to use?

How do u get at the hazard light feed?

alcazar

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What model year?

On a classic, you need to take off the dash top box, and ease the switch out from behind.

Alcazar

Oh and the live feed to every headunit I've ever had owt to do with, was yellow

Matt_taylor

its a 97 P UK turbo

can i run one strait from the battery? But then wouldnt it light up all the time?

alcazar

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Matt: there are two types of live feed: one that is SWITCHED, (by the ignition), and one that isn't, ie: is a permanent live.

You need to know which YOUR gauges need, (just to help you here, Defi's need BOTH ).

There's nowt to stop you taking a permanent live direct from the battery, but it MUST, repeat MUST, have a suitable fuse in between the battery and the gauges, pref close to the battery! If it's for gauges, 5A will be OK.

Most people like to pick up lives inside the car, as they are already fused

HTH,
Alcazar

BTW: lives, don't normally light up gauges. That's normally a feed taken from sidelights/dashlights etc. The Live feed is to POWER the gauge. Which do you need to do?

Matt_taylor

i just have a little bulb inthe back which lights the back up...

my mate has one he said he took out the cigar lighter and used that??

gonna go have a look in a mo

alcazar

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Yeah, if it's for lighting, you can use any switched lighting feed, instrument panel, lit up switch, sidelights etc etc. Make sure it's switched by the lightswitch though, or it'll be on all the time.

Alcazar

Matt_taylor

Done it! and its gone strait to the battery.. when i picked up the wiring, fuses and everything they said it will be fine if its not all the time as its only the smallest ever LED.. sowill be the same as my alarm light,

Paca

anyone got scanned images of the instructions plz no instructions came with them any help appreciated...cheers guys

alcazar

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But you HAVE fused it, haven't you?

Alcazar

Paca

aint got a clue how to install...need help

Matt_taylor

sure have, 5amp fuse as u said before mate, put it about 8" where it joins the battery..

where are u paca? if u were close i would come roundand show u how to wire it and where to plug in the boost gauge

armogedden57

just in case anyone else is looking for help on this subject


sorry mate, just got your PM! have you installed the senders for the oil temperature and pressure? i had a sandwich plate (from ebay about £12) which fits between the oil filter and sump, makes life a shed load easier to fit, there is a site (think it may have closed down now!) which showed you the subaru blanking plugs where you can connect them, but they looked like a hell of a ball ache, taking belts off and the like. i took the boost pipe off the pipe out of the end of my dump valve with a t-connector i had (mines an aftermarket dump valve). for the gauge wiring, the reds are a permanent live, the oranges are illumination, the greens are sensor wires and the blacks are neutral. wired all the blacks together and to an earth point (anywhere on the body) i wired all the reds and oranges together (because i have smoked gauges they nedded to be lit up all the time to see them!) and wired them to the cable coming off the ignition barrel that powers your dials up (if you put a tester between the bodywork and the cables an see which one goes live when the ignition is on the second click) the green from the oil pressure to the cable from the oil pressure sender, and the oil temp green to the cable from the oil temp sender. the boost pipe goes straight onto the gauge. hope this helps mate, if not drop us a message. andy