Check out my new console, I made it myself Options

[turnaround89]

I decided to do some interior work on my car and wanted a new center console, the one before was basically a big box on the floor, and i didn't like the look. When i bought the car i got like half of a 2.0 console and used that as a template for one side and built the rest the way i wanted it to look. It is not complete yet but will be. I still need to put the led lights on either side and inside the little compartment, to give a little more light in the interior. I need to cover it in vinyl and get the thrid switch for the last hole. The switches will be used to turn the fuel pump on and turn the leds on as well, the third(i guess second since the middle switch will do this) will be used as a kill switch, i haven't decided on that yet either. What do you think?

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Is there a simple way to wire the two gauges so they work, i don't have any of the wiring for them?

[Dave_Darling]

Wiring: You should be able to find a red/white "switched power" wire on top of the tunnel. I forget if it's a male or a female spade connector, bot you'll want to start with the opposite so you can plug into it.

Hook into that (there should be an available plug), and run a (preferably red/white) wire to a female spade connector. Crimp that wire and a second wire into that connector, and run it another 6" to 12" to another female spade connector.

Similarly, chain together three female spade connectors on brown wire that will plug into the brown wire on top of the tunnel. That is have the connector for the on-top-of-tunnel connection, run a wire to one spade connector and crimp that and another brown wire into the spade. Run that to another spade, and crimp it and a third section of brown wire into the connector. Then make the final run to the third spade. (Note that you may have more grounds you need; e.g. for the switches you show.)

There will be a black, I think, wire that is always "hot" which should go straight to the clock.

There is the green/red wire (or was it green/black?) that runs to the oil temp gauge; just run a wire straight from its connector to the gauge.

Finally, there are the illumination lights. Most will only have one terminal, which you'd hook a black/blue wire. You can chain those together similar to the way you did the ground wires above. IIRC, the connection on top of the center tunnel is to a grey wire, not a bk/bl. If there are any lights that have two terminals on them, you'll need to run a ground to the other one. No big deal, and they can go either way around.

There is no separate signal wire for the voltmeter; it just measures what comes to it through the red/white wire.

Run 'em neatly, cover with shrink tubing or split-loom. Or a bunch of tie-wraps if you really want the home-built look...

--DD