After a delayed start, I am finally getting around to installing the Glow Shift Gauges in my Ram. I picked up the pod and AF gauge form zman either late November or early December. Due to Christmas and 10 grandkids, I held off ordering the other 2 gauges until afterwards.

But I ordered the wrong ones. I think that 2 black 7 color gauges will look funny with a tinted 7 color gauge, so I had to return and wait for exchange, which arrived Thursday.




I painted the pod when I replaced the dash. White primer to start then the tan.











Gauges inserted into 3 gauge pod:




Pod and gauges installed. I need to pull pod to loosen gauges to orient them into desired position. I guessed at positioning and want to change and I also got one of them off from the other two.





I am having trouble identifying the wore coming out of dimmer on light switch for dimming the gauges. FSM is so lengthy; I have not been able to locate it. Haynes is so vague; I have not been able to locate it. Anyone know which wire coming out of the back of headlight switch is the correct one?


Discovery of another problem – bolt being polished by belt. No damage to belt yet, so this has to be fixed! Just what I needed – another task!

 

Looks like the tan wire? C1, pin 14.....

 

I just ordered mine yesterday and I'm looking forward to seeing yours completed.

Can that series gauge be dimmed? I ordered the black 7 series and those can't.

 

It is kind of confusing. The A/F gauge does not have the orange wire to dim, but the Trans temp and vac do have it. I usually have cluster turned up near max so it probably would not effect me. I mistakenly ordered 2 Blakc series and realized the difference when they arrived. I contacted GlowShift and they exchanged them for 48 shipping. Shipped wrong ones on Tuesday and had the replacements the following Wednesday.

And HeyYou, according to FSM, tan wire? C1, pin 14 looks correct. Haynes manual had me chasing an orange wire that does not exist....

 

It's kinda strange, but, yeah..... seems it goes from the switch, to the fuse block..... and then off to the radio for panel dimmer.....

 

And if I am reading it correctly, for the A/F gauge, I need to connect to O2 sensor at C1 pin 24 on PCM. Looking at connectors, which is 1, and which pin is 24? (just in case THAT wire is not Tan with White trace).

 

C1 is the black one.

hard to tell what the orientation on the connector is, I would think pin 1 would be labeled? Maybe? Somewhere on the connector. Pins are 1 - 11 on the bottom, 12 - 21 in the middle, 22 to 32 across the top. (assuming pin one on lower left of connector as you are looking into it.) Wire appears to be tan with white trace on most models..... black/dark green if you have the HD 360......

 

Thanks. I will go check that as soon as I wash off the tranny fluid bath from pulling the temp sensor......grrrrrr.....Since Ihave the plain jane 318 on a 2wd, I'll look for tan/white.


Got gauges installed and partially wired up.

Used Add A Fuse to connect to fuse box. Plugged into Radio fuse for switched circuit. The 10 amp fuse is for the radio and I used a 5 amp fuse for gauges.








Here they are powered up but not connected to tranny sensor or O2 sensor, truck NOT running.





And I will probably play with them for some time to determine what color I want them to be,,,,,,,,,

 

Very cool gdstock! Kudos and await your clean completion. Thanks

 

Got the gauge installation completed (with the exception of adjusting position of gauges to line up correctly – but there is a Mavericks game on so that will have to wait until tomorrow). Will also go in and clip ends off tie wraps to clean up installation. All wiring and vacuum tubing was wrapped to prevent chaffing.


PCM connector for O2 sensor connection:




O2 sensor wire:



Transmission temp sensor connected and wrapped with convolute tubing:



Gauges connected and working (did not have running long enough for transmission temp to rise.