theiceman

I removed all my instruments during my refurb to replace all the bulbs. I now want a "tap" to light up my voltmeter I installed last year. I have found it to be a great piece of mind gage so it will stay. I find my self looking for it at night so I need to light it . The wires all come togther behind the tach but do I have to pull the steering wheel to get the tach out ? I can't get the small plastic cowling cover off without removing the wheel can I and I don't have enough room to get the tach out .. Porsche should have invented tilt for the SC :-(

If that is the case screw it and I will do it the next time that upper bushing fails and my wheel starts to wobble.

Amber Gramps

you are looking for a 12volt lights on power source.....all of your instuments have that....the clock comes out super eazy, try that. or are you wanting a nipple not just a wire to cut into?

Ed Hughes

I can get mine out with the wheel in, but I've got the 930S wheel and the spacer. It seems to me however, I took it out before with the old Carrera 3 spoke wheel.

Amber Gramps

BDW. did you pull out your odometer to see if the production date on it is the same as the rest of your car? ya know, while you're in there.

psychoideas

Come on Ice,
Steering wheel is a one minute job. Is it a Standard wheel? And yes the wheel has to come off to remove the cowling. There are two screws behind the wheel.

Why don't you grab 12v for the light off the lighting circuit for the clock or fuel guage?? Or for that matter the lights that are in the ventilation control under the dash??

I think the lights in the instuments all use 6mm flat connectors so you can 'tap' them using something like this or this.

theiceman

EXACTLY ... I hate cutting into wiring harnesses if I don't have to, and I see they come together at the tach.

I know I am getting lazy .... don't feel like pulling the wheel. The grounds use the piggy backed blades but the actual black/ blue wire goes right into the socket....

oh by the way Doug I think you are on to something .... someone obviously took out my 50K odometer and put in the 200K odometer in there now :-)

oh okay screw it , I'm going out to take the wheel off ......yous guys drive me crazy ...

Amber Gramps

the best part about this is knowing a 10 cent part is keeping your car from being perfect.

man, frank has the hook ups

theiceman

Okay Frank is right as usual ... if you go back far enough there is a connection that feeds all the instrument lights behind the tach, I can piggy back it here . I atached a pic so others can see. This is a great spot to hook anything into the lighting system with a low load.

Now if only I had marked my wheel position before removing ..

Amber Gramps

is the brown ring rust or glue?

theiceman

Glue I guess as it is a wood dash and the instruments are clean.

Amber Gramps

do you have level instruments or are they cocked back at about 10:30. that is the only way I can see anything beond 80 MPH. dorky I know but it works.

theiceman

Mine are all level because I am only 5' 6"

Amber Gramps

I'm 5'10" and every time I get in mine it seems like I have no room for my belly.



*****news flash*****

just made friends with the neighbor with the 935 RUF........ oh my god!!!!!Im gonna try to upload the pictures. unbelievable $15,000 green cash "black market"

psychoideas

POST AWAY Doug!
I'm ready, I have my bib on.....................

Ed Hughes

I've got my tach at 9:00. This puts a 6K redline when the needle points straight up. It helps at the track for me to shift there, and is the closest thing I have to a shift light.