Honda Civic Reverse Glow Gauges Installation Procedures
1. Turn the bolts on the battery counterclockwise to disconnect the battery. This may usually require a ten mm socket from your socket set, but the dimension may differ depending on the 12 months of your Civic. Remove the negative cable first.
2. Unscrew the two screws on the cowl that holds the trim surrounding the gauge cluster. The screws will probably be located at the prime of the trim piece and might be recessed so that they might not be immediately visible. You will have to use your fingers to seek for two holes on the higher part of the trim piece.
3. Take away the trim piece (shaded in yellow) once the 2 screws have been removed. Pull the trim straight out. There must be to retaining clips in the bottom, so you will want to pull from the top–the place you eliminated the screws. The trim piece will pop out.
4. Pull the gauge cluster meeting out of the dash and unplug the wiring harness related to the cluster behind the assembly. You could not be capable to pull the gauge cluster out very far. That is OK. Don’t pressure the cluster meeting out. You could have to gently wiggle the cluster around and maneuver it in such a way which you could reach your hand behind the gauge cluster to remove the 2 plugs that power the Civic’s gauge cluster.
5. Pull the journey/odometer plug off (it ought to slide off, however you may have to give it a good pull) after you have eliminated the outer trim piece and unplugged the assembly. Pull the plastic cowl off of the gauge cluster unit. You will need to push up on the tabs on the retaining clips that hold the cover on. These tabs are situated all the best way across the fringe of the gauge cluster assembly in your Civic.
6. Make certain the needles of every gauge level at zero (besides the fuel gauge, of course, and mark the exact place of the needle with the dry erase marker on the gauge cluster face.. Slide the tines of the fork beneath the middle of one of many gauge needles. Gently rock the fork forwards and backwards while pulling up on the similar time. It shouldn’t require a variety of power to pull of the needle, nonetheless, relying on the age of your Civic, the needle may be caught on there pretty good.Repeat this process for every gauge needle.
7. Place the brand new gauge faces over the factory gauge faces and middle them.
8. Use the knife to chop a slit within the bottom of the factory gauge cluster to accommodate the new gauge face wires. A typical location for this minimize is between the speedometer and the fuel/water temp gauge cluster. Gently route the wires coming from the gauge cluster by the minimize you simply made.
9. Reassemble the gauge cluster within the reverse order that you simply disassembled it.. Be sure that the needles are positioned within the exact location the place you removed them. You could have to gently elevate up and “peek” below the brand new gauge faces to align the needles properly.
10. Run the wires from the gauge cluster in your new gauge face to the taillight/brake brake fuse on your fuse box. Pull the 10 amp fuse out, and wrap the exposed finish of the wire round one prong of the fuse and plug the fuse again in.
11. Locate a bolt below the dash to attach the ground wire to. It doesn’t matter what bolt you use. It is important that the bolt be touching metallic that is connected to the frame, or grounded. Loosenone of the bolts beneath the sprint just enough with the intention to wrap the exposed ground wire beneath/around the threads of the bolt. Then, tighten that bolt.
12. Confirm the system is working by turning on the lights. Place the gauge cluster meeting again into the sprint and reassemble the dash. Installation is the reverse of removal.
13. Reconnect the battery.
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Honda Civic Reverse Glow Gauges Installation Procedures
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