Instrument wiring

[SILICONEKID346HP]

Can anyone confirm if the black is ground ?

[snorky]

mine are, I found a bunch taped together going nowhere --- apparently they are "spares"

[SILICONEKID346HP]

Ok black is ground or should i run a seperate one ,it`s for the oil temp gauge .

[WinstonWolf]

Just meter it to ground.

[SILICONEKID346HP]

WinstonWolf said:

Just meter it to ground.

How do you do that ?

[Hoofa]

WinstonWolf said:

Just meter it to ground.

Does it involve the use of a bd file

[WinstonWolf]

Hoofa said:

WinstonWolf said:

Just meter it to ground.

Does it involve the use of a bd file

My reply involves one of those words

Daz, just use a multimeter on resistance, if you test from the wire to the cabin ground it should go from infinity to 0 if it's a ground wire

[GadgeS3C]

SILICONEKID346HP said:

Can anyone confirm if the black is ground ?

Daz, be grateful you haven't got a 70s TVR - all the wires are black!

[Mr Plow]

Are you getting the oil temp where the clock is/was? If so, use the clock earth. Obviously, don"t use the permanent live from the clock though for the other wires

[rigga]

GadgeS3C said:

SILICONEKID346HP said:

Can anyone confirm if the black is ground ?

Daz, be grateful you haven't got a 70s TVR - all the wires are black!

So are the trains I work on day in day out, fuggin nightmare.

[SILICONEKID346HP]

Iv`e left the ignition on all night ,now my battery will not charge .All I have is the siren trying to work but not enough power . .

I wonder if any fuses have blown ,connected the larger charger turned the key and now nothing .

[WinstonWolf]

Disconnect the battery to charge it, the alarm will only get pissed if you try to bring it back up while it's connected.

[SILICONEKID346HP]

Got it all working ,ran the engine until the fans kicked in the oil temp is only 65 ,is that about right ?or should it be around the same as the water temperature?

Edited by SILICONEKID346HP on Sunday 18th May 17:10

[SILICONEKID346HP]

Iv`e had an on going problem with the speedo,everything works fine until 60mph then it goes off the scale.The sender has been replaced and adjusted several times .

Someone mentioned A black box which converts the signal,i do not need the box because of the after market ECU.


Anyone bypassed it ?

Edited by SILICONEKID346HP on Sunday 18th May 20:48

[rigga]

SILICONEKID346HP said:

Got it all working ,ran the engine until the fans kicked in the oil temp is only 65 ,is that about right ?or should it be around the same as the water temperature?

Edited by SILICONEKID346HP on Sunday 18th May 17:10

You'll never get the oil temp to the same reading as the water just by running the car in the garage, oil takes far longer to get up to decent temp.

[SILICONEKID346HP]

rigga said:

You'll never get the oil temp to the same reading as the water just by running the car in the garage, oil takes far longer to get up to decent temp.

That`s all up and running ,I took my time ,used heat shrink and insulated sleeve .

I just thought it might be worth tackling the speedo problem which is annoying . 70mph on the tom tom is 90 on the clock .

[Pupp]

So, assuming your BHP is overstated by the same 22odd%, you re-naming yourself SILICONEKID269HP? Seems only fair...

[SILICONEKID346HP]

Pupp said:

So, assuming your BHP is overstated by the same 22odd%, you re-naming yourself SILICONEKID269HP? Seems only fair...

Soon to be 350hp ,Clives Y piece and a bit of a tickle on the K6 Name change in a few weeks !

[QBee]

Baffled sump issues solved?

[SILICONEKID346HP]

QBee said:

Baffled sump issues solved?

Yes he replicated the TVR sump by using a press .