Center Console wiring, Help me!!! Options

[malaga_red75]

Hey, so I just got my new to me center console....(Thanks Sean!!!!)

So, first thing i did was pull the gauges from the panel and test them. They all work!! clock still ticks, volt still works and the temp worked on accident as my dad and i touched the green wire to a power and the temp needle sweeped up.....anywyas.

I found some wires under the carpet, above the center tube, are these the wires for the gauges?? heres a picture. Thanks in advance!!

[Dave_Darling]

Those are indeed the wires for the center console.

Brown == ground; always (unless some fool has been re-wiring things!)
Green/black == oil temp sender wire
Red/white (also black/red; both are crimped into the same connector) == switched power
Grey == instrument light power (black/blue wires in the console harness hook up to these!)
One of the two un-connected wires should be a black wire (constant power for the clock)

Looks like there's an extra black/blue wire and an extra black/red wire? Not sure what's going on with those.

The bezels can be removed, but it's fiddly to bend back the lip without messing everything up. You have to be careful, and if you screw up it can scratch and/or bend the bezel visibly.

--DD

[malaga_red75]

Green/black == oil temp sender wire

Thanks alot!

We had guessed that, and we were right. ON the green/black though, we connected it and the gauge didnt change after a couple of minutes of the engine running, and we knew we had power. Could the wire be disconnected in the engine bay? If so, where does it connect??


Thanks!
-Peter