Harlan Installed

[Wicked 3800 V6]

Folks -- thanks to everyone who responded to my $20 for my tach wire. Turns out I snagged the darn thing from behind the gauge cluster ... I had looked there before, but was baffled by the amount of white wires available (on my 1997 3.8L Camaro M5). I chose a wire that was lower than the other white ones, and slightly murkier white in color ... dunno if this helps. And the space there is VERY limited -- so I cut the sides of the wire tap thingy (yeah all technical) off, making a very short wire tap device. I made a ground wire by crimping a loop (you know, a metallic wiring thingy) onto the black wire and screwing the lower left panel screw through it, making a good ground to the metallic bar that was there. I made the + connection to the radio fuse, wrapping a wire around one of the radio (lower right 15A) fuse's legs (snaking the wire / fuse from behind the panel). And I fed the tach wire next to the steering column, down behind the lower panel, and up behind the two left side vents.
Anyway ... so the light is mounted in the left a-pillar vent. Very good spot! (I moved the existing ducting down where it's not very effective, I hope this doesn't hamper any defrostign ...)
I cut the three bars of the existing vent thingy out, so I just have the circular piece left (snugs aroudn the lite perffectly).
To make the install easier, be sure to remove the a-pillar and left vent molding while you're snaking wires around ...
Anyway ... thanks for everyone's help ... I finally got around to it and it took an hour or two (maybe less? I dunno) ... very quick install. (quicker than the FSB yesterday when I broke an endlink).

-Rob
PS -- it's blue. [img]smile.gif[/img] And sorry if this belongs in the lounge.

[Need2MoreCylinders]

Hey
I have mine sitting here and I need to install it. I plan on putting it in the center vent and aiming it. So you pulled the gauges out and tapped into a white wire in the back and then ran it through? What wire was it exaclty? Also, which is the on and off position for the switches on the light? Do I push up or down to turn it off? What white wire was it exactly?

[bluecmaro96]

umm.. what exactly is that you guys are talking about?

[velosity]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by bluecmaro96:
umm.. what exactly is that you guys are talking about?<hr></blockquote>

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[TealV6]

Yea... Harlan's shiftlight has to be the easiest things you can install other then finding a place to tap the tech lead. I got me the green one :D

Steve

[Wicked 3800 V6]

By the way, folks, I experienced a boatload of degrounding (my best guess) that caused the light to flash incessantly! on my entire 1 hr each way drive last night ... so today as I was doing other things ... I moved the ground to a bolt that is not one of the 4 on the knee panel below the steering column (in fact to a bolt on the next panel in the layering). This should remedy the problem (I hope)

-Rob

[TealV6]

If your wire is close to something that will "back feed" current to the trigger. You will get similar effect. A good shielded cable or wire would do great wonders ;)

Steve