gauges tray/pod/installation

[Eddie]

Whilst your at it you may as well get the silicone pipe from the engine bay to the cabin.
Yes power is the same requirements i would imagine as the other gauges, I took it from one of these nipples which have the small blue pipes on in my pic. one is blanked of just remove the blank and add the silicone, the other one goes to the recirc valve.

The white t piece in your pic is if you need to tap into a vac line which we don\'t as we have spare nipples

Glad to be of help.

This group has been a source of help for me for 4-5 years now its nice to be able to help someone in return, so when ever I can i do.

Cheers

[sickboy2345]

thank you!

i will wait till i get a pod for my boost gauge and do them 3 at the same time! som i have them wired in one place:D

thank you again !

[sickboy2345]

Eddie...
sorry mate im such a noob...or my meter doesnt work or im doing something wrong..or i cant use it or everything ...

ok i tried to find the live/ignition wire/grount  -no luck..i dont know what im doing wrong..maybe i just cant use meter or something:(

these are all the wires from behind the radio:



purple wire has a piece of tape on it and i think it says "ign" which iam assuming stands for ignition, but when i touch the red meter rod to it and black rod to the piece of metal that is inside the hole i dont get no readings

same with live+ i cant find grounds i found one coming out of the radio but its not connected to anything

[Eddie]

I see behind the hand brake you have you stereo wires, the black block on the right top of the pic.

Try these for your power wires.

Cant tell whats what from looking at the marks youve placed.

cheers and at least your trying so no worries asking we all learn by asking questions mate.

[sickboy2345]

ill try this black block tommorow and we will see

the wires i have marked are the wires i tried for power...the thing is the purple wire has got this "ign" written on it and it gos to undearneath the gearbox console so i have assumed this is the wire for ashtray light...

but ...

i have turned ignition on touched black rod of my meter to the metal thingy inside, touched the red rod to the wire and didt get any readings...i\'ve assumed that maybe i cant use a multimeter(touching wrong ground or setting it wrong - i set it to DC)..

ill try the block tommorow...

cheers

[sickboy2345]

got it! well it was like you said in that black block but red is ignition and yellow live, can i cut them cables make a joint using connection block and feed my gauges from there? would it be ok?

[Eddie]

Good glad you got them yeah sorry I always get them mixed up, Dam you don\'t want me as a bomb disposal type person

Power is power, they will be fine I route mine form the stereo wires and have had no ill effects.

cheers

[sickboy2345]

cheers mate!!!

im only waiting for my sandwich plate (guy who was gonna sell it to me just doesnt replies to my messages) and ill start doing my gauges!

that was really helpful mate thank you!

[Timmy]

I just get a ign live off the fag lighter. All you have to do is pop it out of the dash.

[shaunwil]

I\'ve done the same but I\'ve put it off a relay not to overload the supply on that line.

For the water temp merlin motorsport make a pipe tee that you bolt into the silicon hose.

http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/COOLING-Hose-Adaptor/c20_312/index.html?osCsid=b49bb21faa0586fa264a6aae5faafb2c

or

http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/SAMCO-HOSE-Self-Sealing-Take-Off%27s/c16_2661/index.html?osCsid=b49bb21faa0586fa264a6aae5faafb2c

Shaun

[sickboy2345]

Eddie mate....

i have installed my gauges today, connected everything apart from sensors(but i got cables for it)

the thing is the is some bolts on the filler neck but the too big for my sensor, i installed sensor in the nipple where the overflow tank was originally plugged itn to...(eliminated an ast  so i got fc filler neck now)

how did you do urs? have you got pictures?

(ill post some pics of my gauges installed tommorow

[sickboy2345]

:D:D:D

[sickboy2345]

just need it for my Oil temp sensor..well would it fit?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda-RX7-RX8-Miata-3-6-CX7-Oil-Cooler-Sandwich-Plate_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33613QQihZ014QQitemZ330246406837QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW