I've had a few people contact me with questions about the new alternative SH gauge
package I recently installed in my FGT.
Mainly asking about the dash illumination and what exactly I had to do to make it work
and fit.
As I indicated in one of the other gauge threads, the new SH dash is about 99% Plug & Play.
meaning unplug the OEM Autometer gauges from the FGT dash harness, and simply plug
the new gauges into the same connector in the same location. Simple as that.
What about the other 1% seems to be the question. It involves the illumination of the gauge pointer
when the dash lights are turned on.
(terrible pic I know, but it was dark out there I was unable to hold the camera steady enough).
It seems that the new SH gauges use an LED to make each pointer kinda' glow in addition to the normal
back-lighting like any normal gauge uses. The LEDs require AC power, so we used a small inverter
spliced into the gauge side harness. NO CUTTING of the original dash harness.
See picture below:
The inverter is the small square module
that I located on the back of the tach with double sided tape
and picked up 12 volts from the light and ground on the adjacent temp gauge.
Two wires total to cut & splice.
Also, if you look closely, I had to modify the retaining ring on the tach slightly to clear the dash binacle in the car.
This operation took about 30 seconds on a small belt sander...or one could slightly relieve
the plastic around the dash, but I chose to sand on the easily replaceable ring as opposed to the car.
Over all, I am very pleased with the new SH dash as it's working perfectly. It great being able to get out and use my
car once again and actually be able to monitor my speed, boost and engine temperature... without having to worry
about the gauges failing with each turn of the ignition key.
As always, anyone with additional questions can contact me at mardyn153@yahoo.com
Cheers!
mardyn
package I recently installed in my FGT.
Mainly asking about the dash illumination and what exactly I had to do to make it work
and fit.
As I indicated in one of the other gauge threads, the new SH dash is about 99% Plug & Play.
meaning unplug the OEM Autometer gauges from the FGT dash harness, and simply plug
the new gauges into the same connector in the same location. Simple as that.
What about the other 1% seems to be the question. It involves the illumination of the gauge pointer
when the dash lights are turned on.
(terrible pic I know, but it was dark out there I was unable to hold the camera steady enough).
It seems that the new SH gauges use an LED to make each pointer kinda' glow in addition to the normal
back-lighting like any normal gauge uses. The LEDs require AC power, so we used a small inverter
spliced into the gauge side harness. NO CUTTING of the original dash harness.
See picture below:
The inverter is the small square module
that I located on the back of the tach with double sided tape
and picked up 12 volts from the light and ground on the adjacent temp gauge.
Two wires total to cut & splice.
Also, if you look closely, I had to modify the retaining ring on the tach slightly to clear the dash binacle in the car.
This operation took about 30 seconds on a small belt sander...or one could slightly relieve
the plastic around the dash, but I chose to sand on the easily replaceable ring as opposed to the car.
Over all, I am very pleased with the new SH dash as it's working perfectly. It great being able to get out and use my
car once again and actually be able to monitor my speed, boost and engine temperature... without having to worry
about the gauges failing with each turn of the ignition key.
As always, anyone with additional questions can contact me at mardyn153@yahoo.com
Cheers!
mardyn
Wonder if they can do a tach to 9000? Im going to need one shortly
