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| Porscheman912 |
 Aug 5 2010, 10:19 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 21-June 09 From: Washington Member No.: 10,492 Region Association: None  |
I had to replace my gauges in my car, or have them rebuilt, but I just bought some used ones. The fuel gauge has the combo temp gauge in it. There were wires still hooked up on the back, because they were cut, and I know where the power wire comes from, fuel gauge, but there was a green wire with black dots or stripes. Where does that wire go, or is there a factory place to hook in the wiring harness, plus where is the sending unit located, and do I need to get one, or is one already there? This is a 75 1.8 car. Any help would be great.
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| type47 |
Aug 6 2010, 06:22 AM
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Viermeister Group: Members Posts: 4,254 Joined: 7-August 03 From: Vienna, VA Member No.: 994 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
The gauge needs +12V power and a signal from the sensor. The sensor is commonly called a "taco plate" (to help with your search). If your car is a 75, then there probably is a wire in the harness that would be used for the temp gauge. As stated above, there is a connector in the engine bay under the battery that a wire could be connected to the taco plate sender then the other end, which ends near the shifter in the interior that would be used to connect to the temp gauge in a console. You could run a wire from that connector (for the console) up into the dash to supply a signal to the gauge. BTDT.
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