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03-30-2008, 04:42 AM
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Holy Smokes Batman
I thought I had my dash all figured out---installed it and it burned a hole in my PCB board. So I grabbed another PCB board and installed it. It burned a hole in the exact same spot on the next one. According to the drawing I found on the site...that should be a ground. Any ideas???
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03-30-2008, 04:49 AM
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Re: Holy Smokes Batman
Sorry can't help but I been reading your posts and you seem to be having a real nightmare with those electrics.
Hope you get it figured out soon.
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03-30-2008, 04:54 AM
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Re: Holy Smokes Batman
I have never had problems like this...
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03-30-2008, 05:21 AM
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Re: Holy Smokes Batman
I think I just figured it out...I have a pink wire going into my dash in the #7 spot which should be a black one for a ground...I have wiring for a truck with idiot lights---guess I'm the idiot lol
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03-30-2008, 06:12 AM
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Re: Holy Smokes Batman
If you're careful, you can solder a splice over the burn. Use a strip off one board for the patch.
And try not to let the smoke out this time. 
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03-30-2008, 07:22 AM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Holy Smokes Batman
you have a few wires to swap around if you are swapping to the guages verses dummy lights.
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03-30-2008, 02:10 PM
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Re: Holy Smokes Batman
Do you have a tack in it. If you do check and see if the tack wire is getting ground on the metal back plate. As soon as you turn the key on it will start to fry your wires. That happend to me.
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03-30-2008, 03:19 PM
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Re: Holy Smokes Batman
I also saw that you had purchased a plug for the harness that goes into the gauge setup - they are the same thing, you just have to swap the wires around in the plug when you go from 3 gauge to the full - the latest diagram I had seen on here has both plugs so you can see what needs to be swapped. I just recently rebuilt my entire harness so I feel your pain!
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03-30-2008, 03:59 PM
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Re: Holy Smokes Batman
This is what I'm planning on doing...
Swapping A Idiot Light Dash Out To Gauge Dash The following is for a gauge dash this gives the numbered position of the wires in gauge dash and followed by what it supplies, then number from idiot light dash you move wire from. 1-Black with white stripe (alternator) This runs from the 12 R from voltage regulator and should have a inline fuse. 2-Tan (Brake warning light) Original position 2 3-Pink (Fuel Gauge) Original Position 7 4-Tan(Fuel Gauge) Original Position 4 5-Empty(not Used) 6-Dark Green (Temp. Gauge) Original position 5 7-Black(ground)Original Position 6 8-Gray(cluster light feed) Original Position 12 9-Medium Blue (Right turn) Original Position 11 10-Lt. Blue (left turn) Original Position 10 11-Lt. Green (high Beam indicator) Original Position 9 12-Black/w brown stripe use wire ran from the junction block near battery mounted to passenger side fender with a inline fuse located at junction block end. Remove the wires from your loom plug and place the colors in the # on plug that corresponds with the color from list above. You will need to replace your idiot light temp. gauge for a temp. sending unit with gauges. The black and white wire feeds from the 12gRed wire off back of alternator and requires the use of 2-4amp inline fuses, this wire you need to make and run. The DARK BLUE wire that was originally in #1 position should be deleted because this was the idiot light for the oil pressure. If you need more info. ask. |
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