Thread: Gauge/Speedometer wiring questions

Hi, I've had this problem for some time, it involved a big mess under my dash. Basically the questions im asking are as follows:

1. where does the Gauges (AKA. Pillar Gauges) on the left hand side on a 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP go? i mean the wiring was messed up and wondering which wires are to connect what... no clue where to connect them to, if any help please.

2. speedometer wire that connects on the bottom of it to light it up is messed up, where is this connected to so that it lights up etc... please let me know.

thanks.

there is two different problems.

one is the pillar gauges.

one is the speedometer.

sorry for the mistake.


the pillar gauges, dont work, connection was lost, and not sure where to reconnect the wire/wires.

as for the speed o meter, same thing, not sure where its connected to so that it will light at night etc..

Okay, so basically there is the speedo, on the bottom of the speedo there is a wire that is connected to it, has a like black square type connector on the end of it, where does that wire connect to, ? i my lights that work for like my ABS etc... those work, its just the ones that in the night time you know, that bright up so i can see how fast im going, and not take a guess lol.


and as far as the cluster goes, its the stock ones, one says air/fuel ratio, the other is a voltage ratio. which was in the car already and i know its stock, but not sure where it is to be connected.

now back to the fuzes, dont suppose to you the name of them off hand to check those too ? while im at it.

see the wire on the bottom of the speedo ? this is the problem idk where it is to be connected to after it runs off this.... its what causeing the whole light issues, if this worked i could see, tell what speed im going at night etc...

eh far as i know, its pretty helpful because when my fuelpump went, it was showing on my A/F gauge, and when it showed poor mix, my car shut off from it lol. but could be a lucky type thing that i looked or w/e.

ANYHOW.
so yes my overlay did work before, maybe i snagged a wire somehow??? lets say i did, eh would it be hard to rewire to a different spot? i mean you know how? or would it be hard to describe in steps for me?

also, as far as the guages go, (its located on the left side, by the windshield on the pillar, like between the windshield and the door i guess just like you said....

you said about the wiring, where would it go again ??? im dumb

no one happened, than the other happened after, i was working on my stereo, i think its something to do with where they wired that at, and i think when i took my dash peice out i hit the wire for the overlay as welll....

i think they wired my gauge clusters into my radio some how

o god.. ya that gremlin is a PEICE OF >................... ya dont need to finish that part... any suggestions on how to wire it ?

okay, i should get a chance maybe this weekend, if i do, let know how it goes, if it goes bad, ill show pix lol

tomorrow ill prob have few hours to mess with it im hoping after work. i'll take pictures of it, i have to be honest, my car looks amazing on the outside, inside is good, BUT the wiring job that the guy did before me, wow.... its a massacure i wish i could pay someone to FIX it ALL

yeah, it sucks im so far away, it be sweet if you was like an hour or two, 3 tops. but your like 18 hr drive or something lol.

this is the problem. i took it out, so what you were saying is that this is to the over lay, the cables are good except i dont know where to connect the 4 cables, noted. 2 pos and 2 neg.

as far as the gauges go, you were right they are not stock, and was put in there, so i took them out, and i need to figure out how to put the back in, they are *Fuze*. although be hard to describe over this. besides that it was a major cluster #*$*# under my dash, if u had e-mail id show you what i mean HAHA