war

Im installing some glow gauges on my 240 and I was wondering if anyone knew how to get the needles off the instrument panel, and where can I get power and a ground for the gauges?

Jonas

needles should come right off man

war

well, they dont im pullin as hard as I can not braking them and there not commin off

war

ok i got em off, know any where i can get power from behind the intrument panel or do i need to run it all the way to the battery?

LigouriRd

I managed to trace down the leads to the head light on/off switch on the column. I spliced into the switched lead there, so that the indiglo's turn on when the headlights do.

war

well i got them working but now my needles arent working right??????

l2aine

If the needles aren't working right (they respond slow or don't move at all) then you damaged the gauge. Even stock gauges have some sensitivity to them, and pulling the metal shaft out with the needle itself is wrong wrong wrong! The right way is to get the needle off while leaving the shaft in place. That way you can recalibrate the needle when you put it back on.

war

what is the shaft?

l2aine

the tiny metal "pin" that the needle is attached to

war

that doesnt come off.....

l2aine

Yes it can, I've seen a few people who tried to swap gauge faces and when they pulled the needle the needle came off... with the shaft part still attached to the needle. These were on Honda clusters, but I've done it a couple times myself on Nissan ones too.