A title I have been searching for, and other, with no answers to find . So I thought I would post it so this can be a place to be the definitive guide to installing an aftermarket speedo with current set up.
My prediciment:
I have a Jap import 78, its got stock harness. I am swapping out the current speedo, rev and lighting cluster. The new one has a backlight, neutral, blinker light, high beam and no rev counter. The issue is that I have to cut down from like 18 wires down to 7. How do I get the right wires in the right place? The neutral light, for instance, is Green on my speedo but requires a brown and aqua on the stock. How do I put 2 wires into one without it blowing up? There are 2 black wires, one for ground and another for the power for all warning lights of the speedo. What goes where?
I am quite new to this but I understand it needs to be a loop but I cant just attached 5 wires to the 1 power cable can I? I just dont want to blow shit up.
Ps, any ideas how to plug the rev cable hole in engine?
My prediciment:
I have a Jap import 78, its got stock harness. I am swapping out the current speedo, rev and lighting cluster. The new one has a backlight, neutral, blinker light, high beam and no rev counter. The issue is that I have to cut down from like 18 wires down to 7. How do I get the right wires in the right place? The neutral light, for instance, is Green on my speedo but requires a brown and aqua on the stock. How do I put 2 wires into one without it blowing up? There are 2 black wires, one for ground and another for the power for all warning lights of the speedo. What goes where?
I am quite new to this but I understand it needs to be a loop but I cant just attached 5 wires to the 1 power cable can I? I just dont want to blow shit up.
Ps, any ideas how to plug the rev cable hole in engine?