TLlikeWHOA

i did a search and i found a good DIY...but i still have 1 ?...it said to connect the postive wire from the gauges to the #3,t wire on the back of the fuse box... the #3,t wire is supposed to be for the parking lights but when i unplugged the wire and turned on my parking lights they still worked??...am i working with the right wire...plz respond as soon as possible.Thnx
-Eric

hzm82

Positive wires are usually red and ground wire is usually black, which indiglo gauge did you get? You should crimp a female connector to the positive wire and plug it into the #3 accessories slot on the back of the driver side fuse box and crimp a O ring connector to the negative wire and ground that on the metal screws around the fuse box area.

I'm kinda of confused when you said you unplugged the wires and they still worked??? You're not wiring tapping any wires on the back..........which DIY are you using?

TLlikeWHOA

its not the gauges that change a million different colors...some guy on this forum had a silver tl with black rims..i think his name was Hafids...he has a mini cooper now...its those gauges they change either blue or green...thats it...the DIY said insert the positive wire from the gauges into the #3t slot...but there is already a female connector in that spot...i dont have to splice the positive wire into the one that is already there?
-Eric

hzm82

There is already a connector in the Accessories slot? What are you using that for? Don't go slicing wires into other wires just yet, you might cause a short. What are you currently using the #3 Accessories slot for then?

TLlikeWHOA

ok i got the wire plugged into the #3 slot...but the gauges only flikker on and off if i tap it lighty against the slot...when i plug it in fully they dont turn on....whats goin on?
-Eric

Tatewaki

sounds like a loose connector to me. Check your plugs and connections

hzm82

Did you chrimp the positive wire w/ the female connector yourself? Did it come with a female connector. Check that connection first.

Then does all 3 guage faces flicker or one or two?

It could be loose connections or maybe at the worst case the transformer.

TLlikeWHOA

all three of them flicker....and yes i had to chrimp the female connector on myself...the positive wire from the gauges is soooooo skinny tho...could it be that i bought the wrong connector? do they make ones for smaller gauge wires?
-Eric

oVerBoost

hmm did you make sure you have the negative wire grounded?

TLlikeWHOA

yes 100% positive that it was grounded correctly
-Eric

oVerBoost

hmm maybe check the cirmping...what i did was strip more of the wire and folded it and twisted, making it thicker and then crimping. Hope this helps

Tatewaki

I used crimp connectors and also soldered the wire to the connector, just in case