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Posted by the50cobra (Member # 79) on :
 
Have a used autometer tach and hooking it up...it has four wires:

Green = to coil
Red = power
black = ground
white = illumination (i believe)

I think I have to hook the white wire up to the headlight switch but don't remember which factory wire to hook it to (what color). If this is correct then can someone please tell me which factory wire on the headlight switch to hook it to.....or if this isn't correct...then can u please tell me what to hook it to and what color the wire is to hook it to..thankyou

Also...this is going on a 93LX 5.0
 
Posted by darien87 (Member # 2022) on :
 
On my 92, I hooked up my autometer gauge lights to the headlight wire that is light blue with a red stripe.

Hope this helps.
 
Posted by the50cobra (Member # 79) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by darien87:
On my 92, I hooked up my autometer gauge lights to the headlight wire that is light blue with a red stripe.

Hope this helps.
u sir are the man...and if i lived in cali, you'd get a lunch off of me!!!

Thankyou soooo much...
 
Posted by j0eyabs (Member # 1026) on :
 
how do u hook up the autometer gauges to the headlight wire? im gonna install some gauges next week and id like to know. does it require splicing or is there a easier way
 
Posted by the50cobra (Member # 79) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by j0eyabs:
how do u hook up the autometer gauges to the headlight wire? im gonna install some gauges next week and id like to know. does it require splicing or is there a easier way
Like darien said...hook the white wire from the autometer gauge to the blue wire with red stripe on the headlight switch for illumination, then the green wire goes to the coil, black to a ground, and then red to the battery...taaa daaa [Big Grin]
 
Posted by j0eyabs (Member # 1026) on :
 
so i do have to splice the headlight wire
 
Posted by the50cobra (Member # 79) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by j0eyabs:
so i do have to splice the headlight wire
That would be a 10-4 big guy!!
 
Posted by j0eyabs (Member # 1026) on :
 
that sucks, 20% of the time when i splice something important it doesnt seem to work anymore, oh well lets see what happens. Also it says for the phantom gauges to hook a wire up to the ignition to get power. what wire will i have to cut for that, or should i just hook it up to my fuse box.
 




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