Adding a trip computer?
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Adding a trip computer?
I have a '93 XL and was curious how hard it would be to add a trip computer.
What is required as far as additional wiring, sensors, and how much would all the parts cost?
Thanks!
What is required as far as additional wiring, sensors, and how much would all the parts cost?
Thanks!
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I picked up a used trip computer on eBay and it came with a plethora of wires that needed spliced into the existing wiring harness - at least 8 if memory serves. After all that, it would not calculate correctly - due in part I believe because I do not have any digital gauges or sending units. I wound up taking it out. However, someone else on this forum attempted the same thing and managed to get it to work. I never found out if they had digital to begin with or not.
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From: northwest
i got a trip computer for my 91 3.0 shorty. i was just wandering the junkyard looking for eddie bauers to scalp goodies out of for my bare bones aero. and I got electric seats, and the cool aircraft style dome lights, and then got the trip meter.
i was not allowed to take any extra wire, as the U-Pull it yard here has a no cut rule. so all i got was the computer and the short harness and plug. lucky for me, my aero had the matching plug up in the headliner already.
my aero again was a bare bones 91 3.0 2wd shorty, with regular, non-digital gauges, even the odometer and trip odometer where non-digital.
i was not allowed to take any extra wire, as the U-Pull it yard here has a no cut rule. so all i got was the computer and the short harness and plug. lucky for me, my aero had the matching plug up in the headliner already.
my aero again was a bare bones 91 3.0 2wd shorty, with regular, non-digital gauges, even the odometer and trip odometer where non-digital.
