Fitted this yesterday, went for the cheapo option, a TIM white face, got it off Demon Twerps 25 notes for the gauge and 7 for the mounting bracket. My frugalness backfired however, when it arrived there were zero instructions and only about 4 inches of wire!, however it did come with the option of being illuminated which was a bonus. Got myself some extra wire from the local auto spares, 85p for a meter. Fitting was easy, I deliberately put it down near the glove box so as to ease the wiring.
1. Mount bracket and gauge.
2. Drill holes for wiring.
3. Join the 2 earth leads (Black) from the gauge and bulb together and attach them to the nearest earth (right hand side of fuse box)
4. Remove cover around ignition switch. The charge wire is the Black and Yellow from the ignition barrel. Run the live from the gauge(Red) to this.
5. Attach the wire from the bulb in the gauge(Green) to another light. I used the ciggy lighter bulb (grey and blue wire).
6.Thats it!, Turn on your ignition to the first click, the gauge should spring to life, turn on your sidelights to check it lights up.
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A cheap and easy addition. Next up.. Oil Pressure gauge.
1. Mount bracket and gauge.
2. Drill holes for wiring.
3. Join the 2 earth leads (Black) from the gauge and bulb together and attach them to the nearest earth (right hand side of fuse box)
4. Remove cover around ignition switch. The charge wire is the Black and Yellow from the ignition barrel. Run the live from the gauge(Red) to this.
5. Attach the wire from the bulb in the gauge(Green) to another light. I used the ciggy lighter bulb (grey and blue wire).
6.Thats it!, Turn on your ignition to the first click, the gauge should spring to life, turn on your sidelights to check it lights up.
A cheap and easy addition. Next up.. Oil Pressure gauge.
Looking forward to instructions for oil pressure - would be interested in fitting it to mine.
