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ello people , somebody out there knows how to do this ... ive got a 1979 mk4 gl and its got the dash without a rev counter so i just hold of a ghia dash with one , any clever souls out there know whats involved in doing the wiring side of the swap ? thanks .
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bing bong
Bortaf to reception please
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billy
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as I remember its a straight forward job if you have the plug for the rev counter clocks the colours should match leaving one extra wire from the clock plug that goes to the - terminal on the coil  |
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You rang  If you have the Ghia plug just up clip all the contacts in the current plug and copy the Ghia layout an unused splitpin does a good job at releasing the contacts from the plug if you don't have a screwdriver small enough, you will need to run a wire to the coil neg to fire the rev counter and if you alreasy have a clock in the dash you'll have a handy perm live left over to run summink else and a grey/yellow (sidelight feed). If you don't have a ghia plug to follow this is how you need to re-wire your current dash plugs, rear meens looking at the plugs with the contacts on the plug facing away from you and hiiden. from the BACK of the big plug left to right black/green red/white blue/white blue black/yellow blue/green brown blue/black black/white little plug grey/yellow black/yellow green 2 browns together empty  |
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Last Edit: Dec 2, 2011 23:25:30 GMT by bortaf
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now that is more info than i was expecting !!!! thanks very much
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infact , how and why have you just got that sh*t to hand ? amazin !
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theres more to life than mpg & to much power is just enough.
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bortaf
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infact , how and why have you just got that sh*t to hand ? amazin ! Would you beleive i keep that loom under my microfishe reader above the PC  it an often asked question |
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Mk 4 clocks have the 120mph speedo and white needles, mk5 ones are 140mph and yellow needles
You can fit mk2 granny ghia clocks in there as well with a bit of adjustment, if you want something a bit out of the ordinary but still an easy swop.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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You can fit escort clocks as well if you trim a little off the metal supports behind the dash face my dash RS2000 (early white needle)  |
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Last Edit: Dec 3, 2011 13:13:45 GMT by bortaf
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ahh in that case mine has a mk5 dash ,140mph and my new one is a mk4 ,120mph . thanks so much for all the help lads . nice one
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late mk4's have yellow needles
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theres more to life than mpg & to much power is just enough.
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bortaf
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I think all the fords changed needle colour at the same time, 78 was it ??
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yep
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theres more to life than mpg & to much power is just enough.
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Dec 22, 2011 20:25:45 GMT
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where do you have to run the coil wire to then
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Dec 22, 2011 20:40:38 GMT
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where do you have to run the coil wire to then Neg side of the coil |
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Dec 23, 2011 22:24:45 GMT
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yeah got that bit
but where on the dash as i don't want to melt the dash by just trying
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Ah sorry, the green wire on the small plug |
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Dec 24, 2011 14:11:58 GMT
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nice 1 fella cheers for that
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