Gauge installation question
Chud298
02-28-2005, 10:26 PM
I was waondering if there's somewhere else to hook up my gauges. I have a 1998 Neon R/T I'm hooking up an oil pressure gauge and a voltmeter gauge. The direstions say to hook it up to the ignition box but I was wondering if there is somewhere easier to set it up. I'd like not to mess with all those wires but I would also like the gauges to work just like they would on the iginition box. When the car is started uo the gauges will go on.
Y2kNeon
02-28-2005, 10:34 PM
This might not help you, but I'll post anyways. I hooked up an oil pressure & voltmeter on my 2000 Neon. Basically you have to find a wire that's hot in ACC and RUN for the voltmeter. Example: blue with white stripe, coming out of the fuse box under the hood in that huge cluster of wires. For the lighting, I popped the dash off, pulled the instrument cluster, and tapped into one of the wires that make up the socket where the cluster plugs into. I'd suggest picking up a Haynes manual for your car if ya don't have one, it has all the wiring diagrams in the back.
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