93 Civic Dx
I'm in the process of installing indiglo gauges right now and I've encountered a problem I didn't see covered in other posts. Everything went as planned until I got to the wiring (which seems to be the case for most people). The problem I've had with wiring is much different.
First thing I did was remove all the back lights (not the indicator lights) on the gauge cluster because I figured I wouldn't be needing them again with the new indiglo lighting.
Now came the part where I had to connect the red and black wires. I grounded the black wire and then I came up with what I thought was a really good idea for the hot wire. I removed one of the bulbs from its brown casing that is on the back of it and ran the red wire through it. Then I snapped the brown piece into one of the open bulb slots. Well, I got nothing. No lighting. A few minutes of fiddling later I noticed that the back lights for the heater were out as well.
I figured that I must have blown a fuse and put a new 10v fuse in the interial lighting fuse slot. Once again, no lights anywhere. I tried putting a normal bulb back into the gauge face and that didn't work either. So basically no interior lights. I know the fuse is fine because the other things connected to that fuse (license plate light and tail lights) were still functional.
Did I fry something?
Another thing is that the speedometer is apparently not function either. I found this odd because I've had a function and a broken speedo before. This one still falls smoothly if you raise it up a little unlike the broken one I had that would just fall around from place to place. With the car parked I removed the gauage face cover and lifted the speedo up gently, and I could tell that it was now being pushed back to zero (as it should when parked) but when I start moving, nothing happens... is that gauage a goner?
Thanks for you time.
I'm in the process of installing indiglo gauges right now and I've encountered a problem I didn't see covered in other posts. Everything went as planned until I got to the wiring (which seems to be the case for most people). The problem I've had with wiring is much different.
First thing I did was remove all the back lights (not the indicator lights) on the gauge cluster because I figured I wouldn't be needing them again with the new indiglo lighting.
Now came the part where I had to connect the red and black wires. I grounded the black wire and then I came up with what I thought was a really good idea for the hot wire. I removed one of the bulbs from its brown casing that is on the back of it and ran the red wire through it. Then I snapped the brown piece into one of the open bulb slots. Well, I got nothing. No lighting. A few minutes of fiddling later I noticed that the back lights for the heater were out as well.
I figured that I must have blown a fuse and put a new 10v fuse in the interial lighting fuse slot. Once again, no lights anywhere. I tried putting a normal bulb back into the gauge face and that didn't work either. So basically no interior lights. I know the fuse is fine because the other things connected to that fuse (license plate light and tail lights) were still functional.
Did I fry something?
Another thing is that the speedometer is apparently not function either. I found this odd because I've had a function and a broken speedo before. This one still falls smoothly if you raise it up a little unlike the broken one I had that would just fall around from place to place. With the car parked I removed the gauage face cover and lifted the speedo up gently, and I could tell that it was now being pushed back to zero (as it should when parked) but when I start moving, nothing happens... is that gauage a goner?
Thanks for you time.
