Noob question; Installing intellitronix digital gauge, (tw: LOTS OF DUMB QUESTIONS)

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okan74duster said:
It says;

"Power – Pink--Connect the power terminal to accessory +12V power from the fuse panel or vehicle wiring harness. Using a 5-amp fuse or an inline 5-amp fuse holder. This terminal should have power when the key is on or in accessory position. Use 18 AWG wire to ensure the system receives a sufficient power feed."

Is that what the 12v (blue w/ white tracer) is?

And if so, does it go blue w/ white tracer, then 5 amp fuse, then the pink wire? This fuse holder is what I have.

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That is correct.
 
Thank you to everyone ITT, she lights right up!

However now;

-my headlights won't turn on, it was working fine prior to this project
-front turn signals won't work (rear is fine)
-only the right turn signal clicks on the dashboard itself (to be fair it was that way before but I dismissed it as something wrong with the stock dash)
-when the headlight switch is out, it does not dim the dash 50% but this blue light comes on, see attached pic

I have a feeling it maybe the light green and tan wires on the circuit board. I will switch things around and see what happens.

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Neither of that should affect headlights

Headlights path:

Power to the headlight switch comes DIRECT off the ammeter "welded splice" in the big black ammeter wire behind the cluster. That goes direct to the HL switch and powers ONLY the headlights, nothing else. There is a breaker in/ on the light switch. With the HL switch on, the HL power goes down to the floor dimmer switch, where it comes out either for high or low beams, and then runs out through the firewall connector to the lamps

CHECK THE GROUNDING on the front lamps. Some years, all the wires hook to one grounding lug up near/ on the radiator support
 
67Dart273 said:
Neither of that should affect headlights

Headlights path:

Power to the headlight switch comes DIRECT off the ammeter "welded splice" in the big black ammeter wire behind the cluster. That goes direct to the HL switch and powers ONLY the headlights, nothing else. There is a breaker in/ on the light switch. With the HL switch on, the HL power goes down to the floor dimmer switch, where it comes out either for high or low beams, and then runs out through the firewall connector to the lamps

CHECK THE GROUNDING on the front lamps. Some years, all the wires hook to one grounding lug up near/ on the radiator support
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Ok gotcha, I thought maybe the rheostat or the printed circuit board somehow have some sort of circuit that completes with the dash when the headlight switch is pulled.

As for the left turn signal? The right turn signal works fine. I am thinking maybe I should use the other light green wire to hook up to the dash (there are two with the same pin).

Same with the dimmer.

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Ok the dash dimmer is a bit of a trick.

The parking/ tail section of the HL switch is supplied from a fuse. So that circuit MUST be working for the dash lamps to work.

The HL switch must be in park or head, and the dimmer knob twisted to the left

That dimmer controlled power then leaves the HL switch on TAN, and goes TO the fuse box, where the small INST fuse takes that power and goes out to all dash dimmer controlled lighting on ORANGE wires. If you look under your panel, there will be several orange wires connected to one fuse.

The turn, not sure. Does the dash indicator come on for that side?
 
67Dart273 said:
That dimmer controlled power then leaves the HL switch on TAN, and goes TO the fuse box, where the small INST fuse takes that power and goes out to all dash dimmer controlled lighting on ORANGE wires. If you look under your panel, there will be several orange wires connected to one fuse.
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Ok so I need to find the tan wire from the HL switch and before the fuse box, and splice the dash dimmer wire to it?
 
I tried it again.

Turned the car on;
No headlights, but the smaller orange front lights work
The dash makes the audible clicks when I hit the left or right turn signal but only the right turn dash light/indicator comes on

Tail light functions well, right and left turn signals included
 
UPDATE:

I switched out the wiring of similar colors (2 black wires, 2 red wires, 2 tan wires) and through trial and error achieved the following;

Headlights finally came back on!
Both left and right turn signal dash indicators came on (and the audible clicking)
Dimmer

But for some reason the front turn signal and the small fender signal still would not work (both right and left).

Any thoughts?
 
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okan74duster said:
Ok so I need to find the tan wire from the HL switch and before the fuse box, and splice the dash dimmer wire to it?
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NO you will eliminate the fuse. You should leave it connected up there to the cluster connector. Don't overthink.........your new cluster wants power for cluster lamps......the old cluster had lamps.......where did it get the power? From the orange wire........that is the output of the dash dimmer (tan) which then went to the inst fuse and then out on the orange wires.
 
I'm a bit worried about headlights. They have NOTHING to do with your cluster project, unless a loose connection somewhere is jiggling other wires. Re-read the post earlier where I ran through the path of the headlights. Post 53. Last thing you want when you are driving is for the HL to quit working!!
 
67Dart273 said:
I'm a bit worried about headlights. They have NOTHING to do with your cluster project, unless a loose connection somewhere is jiggling other wires. Re-read the post earlier where I ran through the path of the headlights. Post 53. Last thing you want when you are driving is for the HL to quit working!!
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I will just have to trouble shoot. Now is a good time because I am planning to modernize the lights anyway.

Also; now I switched the headlight/dimmer dash wire to the other red wire.

I just realized, the headlight control is pulled to the 2nd position the headlight does not come on. If I pull it further it turns on. I use the foot toggle to turn the headlights on and off but the dash headlight indicator turns off when the headlights are on. Makes no sense.

Edit: Also it dims now

Edit 2: Front turn signals still dont work
 
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Team, crazy idea! Can I connect the two wires to the one wire for the dash?

For example; connect the dash's 1 wire for the left turn signal to BOTH the light green wires via splice?

Would that work?

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ALSO: does not connecting the passenger side rheostat that controls the windshield wipers have any bearing to my headlights and turn signals not coming through?
 
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UPDATE: Sorry to bump. But connecting the two wires from the PCB into the one wire it corresponds to for the dash solved ALL the problems.

Headlights are working, turn signals on both front and the rear etc. it even dims and lights up when the parking brakes are on.

Just a heads up to whoever may find this thread trying to do the install.
 
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