TS chip wire routing
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TS chip wire routing
I was wanting to put my chip switcher in the dash bezel next to the WTS cluster but I don't think it can be done without extending the wiring. Curious if anyone has managed to make it happen without stretching wires. I may just fab up a little bracket that attaches to the steering column so that the switch is "hidden" under the column.
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My wires weren't long enough to reach there either, I just mounted it kind of like where you said, under the steering wheel, but off to the left some though. Didn't want to mess around with the wires.
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Not hard to extend the wire. All the switch does is ground a colored wire to select the tune. As long as you can solder go get some 24 gauge wire and extend it. I broke my switch and had to replace it. I worked at radio shack at the time and got a metal one and had to solder wire to the switch. So I put an extra 3 ft so I can put it in the same spot when I get time. But I put bullet connectors so I could maneuver it easier mounting it.
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Im thinking somewhere on the left side...really dont want it down lower like the others were saying. Any ideas for up on the dash? But not just...drilled into the dash?
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... i have a dial made for myn with 1 -6 numbers so i no wher iam set at
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well you have to pull e brack mount off to do the chip, so i ran my wire back out of it along the bottom of collom, and had the dash cover off. it gos right up unber the vent and bam there it is... you wont have 2 foot or a foot of wire left haha i may have 2in and thats it ill try and get a pick if i can
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I have a 4 gauge pillar pod if you're looking...