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Eugene, OR, USA
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Had some time to get back to the gauge installation. With the old one out of the way, I started looking for the best place to find the various wires needed. Dash light wire and ground wires were right there at the opening but the power wire was going to take some sleuthing. I thought about attaching it to the double spade terminal on the 12v feed to the voltage stabilizer but was convinced that it probably wasn’t the best choice. In the end, I had everything I needed to run a dedicated wire from the fuse block green circuit. Almost everything. A quick trip to buy an inline fuse holder and a few fuses and then I had everything.
Pulled the green wire off, slipped a double spade connector on and reattached the green wire with an open male spade for my inline fuse and power wire. Ran the new wire through the heater cable entrance in to the area behind the dash and then over to the speedometer hole in the dash. Temporarily connected the wiring to determine if the gauge was going to work and once that was done, proceeded to run a rotary stone around the inside of the opening to make room for the slightly larger than factory gauge diameter. This was probably the most time consuming part of the install but still not bad. The next thing to figure out was a place to position the antenna. Speedhut suggests placing it with an unobstructed “view” of the sky such as on top of the dash. I didn’t want to put it up on the dash as that would probably require drilling a hole or having the antenna wire exposed, neither of which appealed to me. I ended up sticking it to the top of the steering column cowl which worked great and I was able to gather all of the extra wire and tuck it out of the way.
Got it out for a test drive and it works flawlessly. I went with the basic features for my gauge and it has all I need but you can spend more and get more features. I went with a red needle as opposed to the white as it stands out better. The old speedometer bounced around so much when it did work but this one is perfect. Happy boy!
Pulled the green wire off, slipped a double spade connector on and reattached the green wire with an open male spade for my inline fuse and power wire. Ran the new wire through the heater cable entrance in to the area behind the dash and then over to the speedometer hole in the dash. Temporarily connected the wiring to determine if the gauge was going to work and once that was done, proceeded to run a rotary stone around the inside of the opening to make room for the slightly larger than factory gauge diameter. This was probably the most time consuming part of the install but still not bad. The next thing to figure out was a place to position the antenna. Speedhut suggests placing it with an unobstructed “view” of the sky such as on top of the dash. I didn’t want to put it up on the dash as that would probably require drilling a hole or having the antenna wire exposed, neither of which appealed to me. I ended up sticking it to the top of the steering column cowl which worked great and I was able to gather all of the extra wire and tuck it out of the way.
Got it out for a test drive and it works flawlessly. I went with the basic features for my gauge and it has all I need but you can spend more and get more features. I went with a red needle as opposed to the white as it stands out better. The old speedometer bounced around so much when it did work but this one is perfect. Happy boy!
Speedhut for the win!
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