No power after dash upgrade. Zip. Nada.
The next thing I did was pull all of the new gauges out of the dash insert and tested them individually... Every light, every sender, every power connection. I watched a friend pre-wire his entire dash only to fight with bad splices and the bulk of working behind the dash insert. I made up a couple test wires.. One for power and one I bolted onto a ground and just loosely connected stuff into the old harness until it lit up or a needle jumped. I took note of the color code and moved onto the next connection.*
Here is one of the new turn signals being tested like this...
One dead battery later I had everything tested and marked. I started the real wiring. That about as far as I have gotten. I still have a few warning lights and indicators to drill and install but it's coming along nicely without too much hair loss.
The next thing I did was pull all of the new gauges out of the dash insert and tested them individually... Every light, every sender, every power connection. I watched a friend pre-wire his entire dash only to fight with bad splices and the bulk of working behind the dash insert. I made up a couple test wires.. One for power and one I bolted onto a ground and just loosely connected stuff into the old harness until it lit up or a needle jumped. I took note of the color code and moved onto the next connection.*
Here is one of the new turn signals being tested like this...
One dead battery later I had everything tested and marked. I started the real wiring. That about as far as I have gotten. I still have a few warning lights and indicators to drill and install but it's coming along nicely without too much hair loss.
