Center Console wiring, Help me!!! Options

[malaga_red75]

Hey, so I just got my new to me center console....(Thanks Sean!!!!)

So, first thing i did was pull the gauges from the panel and test them. They all work!! clock still ticks, volt still works and the temp worked on accident as my dad and i touched the green wire to a power and the temp needle sweeped up.....anywyas.

I found some wires under the carpet, above the center tube, are these the wires for the gauges?? heres a picture. Thanks in advance!!

[malaga_red75]

also, can the gauge bezels be removed, i want to repaint them, and maybe replace the glass or plastic that covers the gauge.

-Peter

[Dave_Darling]

Those are indeed the wires for the center console.

Brown == ground; always (unless some fool has been re-wiring things!)
Green/black == oil temp sender wire
Red/white (also black/red; both are crimped into the same connector) == switched power
Grey == instrument light power (black/blue wires in the console harness hook up to these!)
One of the two un-connected wires should be a black wire (constant power for the clock)

Looks like there's an extra black/blue wire and an extra black/red wire? Not sure what's going on with those.

The bezels can be removed, but it's fiddly to bend back the lip without messing everything up. You have to be careful, and if you screw up it can scratch and/or bend the bezel visibly.

--DD

[malaga_red75]

Green/black == oil temp sender wire

Thanks alot!

We had guessed that, and we were right. ON the green/black though, we connected it and the gauge didnt change after a couple of minutes of the engine running, and we knew we had power. Could the wire be disconnected in the engine bay? If so, where does it connect??


Thanks!
-Peter

[Dave_Darling]

Under the battery somewhere should be a single-wire plastic box connector, similar to the ones in your picture above. The wire connects there to another green/black wire that runs across the front of the engine under the engine tin, and winds up going into the "taco plate" at the left-front corner of the bottom of the motor.

--DD

[914Sixer]

Black/blue is for defroster light on console and the brown ground. Black/red to the floor defroster lever I think.

[iamchappy]

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[Carlitos Way]

This looks like a classic thread to me.

[malaga_red75]

This looks like a classic thread to me.

I'd be honored to have a classic thread started by me!!!

And that wiring diagram is the best thing I have ever seen!!!!


-Peter
ps, i was able to get one of the bezels off, so i think i might start a thread of reviving my center console gauges....and maybe painting the bezels the same color as my car....any thoughts on that??

[malaga_red75]

hey,
I found the wire under the battery and it wasn't connected to anything....i searched for the wire, but I couldn't find it.

-Is it possible for my car not to have a temp?? (1975 1.8 L-jet)
-Does anyone have a picture of where the wire goes into the engine? DD's explanation was good but I am stil not quite sure where exactly it goes.

Thanks!

-Peter

[Cap'n Krusty]

Left front corner of the bottom of the engine case, mounted in the cover there. You probably don't have one. Needs to be the correct sender for the gauge, and the mounting plates (2 pieces w/a gasket in between) are pretty available used. New, the set is about $125 without the sender. The Cap'n

[drewvw]

the wiring diagram for the center console is in the Chilton's 914 manual. That's how I wired mine.

If you can't get ahold of that I could try to scan it but its basically the same as the "yellow paper" version (nice job).