Originally Posted by Demarcus Mrbigshot Lampley

I looked at that post and the pics are a little un clear to me i get it now do not cut the ground just splice into it but do i need to cut the other 2 wires from the plug and connect them to the 2 wires that i spliced into the instrument cluster?

Originally Posted by John Wauters

I am wondering the same. The instructions are not ckesr to do with the ground. Is it cut and then connected to a metal ground? Or is it tapped or spliced into and then connected to metal ground?

If anyone can help I would appreciate it. Thank you!

Originally Posted by Jonny3000

So here is the final mod setup for the EVIC install. This basically has three wires that are spliced. One is a ground, the other is the LIN BUS and the last is a fuse B+ wire. I would start by creating a harness of two wires or red and green, about three feet in length. Then splice the wires that are shown in the pics provided on the link below. Make sure these wires are firmly installed to prevent it being lose and bad contact. Lastly make sure you find a suitable ground location. Once complete, you should see the steering wheel buttons light up. All buttons should work and horn should be operational. Note: None of the buttons or horn will work without the EVIC installed nor will most everything in your cab will work. The EVIC is where most everything runs through. If you install the old ST cluster, everything will work except the horn and buttons, you should still see the buttons light up though. BUT, without the proper sales code added to your vin then nothing will work with the EVIC. This can be done at your local dealer, provided they have common sense and want to help. Or you can contact Jon and Scott and they will not only add the needed sales code but much more. The mileage will be up to you whether you want to park your truck at the dealership for awhile till the EVIC comes in or you could have it reprogrammed. Some people like to just burn up miles on their old cluster to catch up to a used EVIC. Please let me know if you have any questions and if you learn anything new, please post it. Please also post with any success you have with this mod so others may install with confidence.

Also, if you need to know how I hook up my compass and homlink, please let me know.

Here is the link for the pictures for the wire splice mod that you need
https://picasaweb.google.com/1156511...eat=directlink

Originally Posted by John Wauters

I completed my install. The ground does get cut at the clockspring and then connected to vehicle metal.

Originally Posted by Jonny3000

So here is the final mod setup for the EVIC install. This basically has three wires that are spliced. One is a ground, the other is the LIN BUS and the last is a fuse B+ wire. I would start by creating a harness of two wires or red and green, about three feet in length. Then splice the wires that are shown in the pics provided on the link below. Make sure these wires are firmly installed to prevent it being lose and bad contact. Lastly make sure you find a suitable ground location. Once complete, you should see the steering wheel buttons light up. All buttons should work and horn should be operational. Note: None of the buttons or horn will work without the EVIC installed nor will most everything in your cab will work. The EVIC is where most everything runs through. If you install the old ST cluster, everything will work except the horn and buttons, you should still see the buttons light up though. BUT, without the proper sales code added to your vin then nothing will work with the EVIC. This can be done at your local dealer, provided they have common sense and want to help. Or you can contact Jon and Scott and they will not only add the needed sales code but much more. The mileage will be up to you whether you want to park your truck at the dealership for awhile till the EVIC comes in or you could have it reprogrammed. Some people like to just burn up miles on their old cluster to catch up to a used EVIC. Please let me know if you have any questions and if you learn anything new, please post it. Please also post with any success you have with this mod so others may install with confidence.



Also, if you need to know how I hook up my compass and homlink, please let me know.



Here is the link for the pictures for the wire splice mod that you need

https://picasaweb.google.com/1156511...eat=directlink

Originally Posted by Jonny3000

After speaking to the dealership, they seemed less helpfull and didn't want to get invloved. First they said id need two different VIN numbers to see if the wiring harneses are different. I then said I could provide that but he said it would take to long time to figure out. I have researched some more and have posted some pictures of what the wiring harness connections to the EVIC and the non EVIC look like. I have a 2009 Dodge Ram quad Cab 4.7l SLT that has the EVIC on it (for sell by the way) and then I have a 2011 Dodge Ram 5.7l St with basic cluster. I took pictures of what the wiring looked like in the back of these clusters and then took a picture of my uninstalled EVIC back to see the plugs. I didn't pull the clusters from the truck because it would be hard to get a photo of the wiring connections in the back. I also included some wiring scematics that I have pulled from Alldata (a online manual and the only one I could find) these show wiring for both the ST version of the cluster and the EVIC(the same). So its my conclusion that the back of the ST and the SLT have the same wiring at the back of the cluster. Everything seems to work fine when I plugged up the EVIC to my ST truck but the buttons and horn doesnt work as previously disscussed. Another issue comes up with the Steering Mounted Controls Communication Module Information. This module controls the buttons on the steering wheel and to the PCM i believe. I will have to research more on that to see if there are differnet versions on the ST and SLT.

Any input would greatly helpful. thanks!

Jon and Scott are the guys who run After Hours Mopar Performace their information can be found here http://www.lxforums.com/board/f395/
Emailing them would probably be your best option. They are loceted in Miami Florida, I plan on going there hopefully if this pans out at the begining of October.
Here is a link to the web photos i posted
https://picasaweb.google.com/1156511...eat=directlink

Originally Posted by Weazle23

can you upload the pic of the wiring mod again please

Originally Posted by Jonny3000

After speaking to the dealership, they seemed less helpfull and didn't want to get invloved. First they said id need two different VIN numbers to see if the wiring harneses are different. I then said I could provide that but he said it would take to long time to figure out. I have researched some more and have posted some pictures of what the wiring harness connections to the EVIC and the non EVIC look like. I have a 2009 Dodge Ram quad Cab 4.7l SLT that has the EVIC on it (for sell by the way) and then I have a 2011 Dodge Ram 5.7l St with basic cluster. I took pictures of what the wiring looked like in the back of these clusters and then took a picture of my uninstalled EVIC back to see the plugs. I didn't pull the clusters from the truck because it would be hard to get a photo of the wiring connections in the back. I also included some wiring scematics that I have pulled from Alldata (a online manual and the only one I could find) these show wiring for both the ST version of the cluster and the EVIC(the same). So its my conclusion that the back of the ST and the SLT have the same wiring at the back of the cluster. Everything seems to work fine when I plugged up the EVIC to my ST truck but the buttons and horn doesnt work as previously disscussed. Another issue comes up with the Steering Mounted Controls Communication Module Information. This module controls the buttons on the steering wheel and to the PCM i believe. I will have to research more on that to see if there are differnet versions on the ST and SLT.

Any input would greatly helpful. thanks!

Jon and Scott are the guys who run After Hours Mopar Performace their information can be found here http://www.lxforums.com/board/f395/
Emailing them would probably be your best option. They are loceted in Miami Florida, I plan on going there hopefully if this pans out at the begining of October.
Here is a link to the web photos i posted
https://picasaweb.google.com/1156511...eat=directlink

Originally Posted by Danielsharrerjr

Do you still have the pics that you could post and updated link to? Thanks