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Old May 24, 2007 | 09:59 PM
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Exclamation Overhead computer wiring

Hey,

Im trying to keep the overhead trip computer to stay bright even when I turn on the headlights. Does anybody know which wire I need to supply power to/remove power from/ground/unground to make this happen?

Does anybody know which color wires do what in that little bundle that goes to the computer?

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Old May 24, 2007 | 10:24 PM
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Here you go.
http://www.billgart.com/l.html#alwaysbright
 
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Old May 24, 2007 | 11:07 PM
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i did that on my excursion and it went dark. i tried grounding it too, nothing. i hooked it back up and it works as id did before. any ideas????
 
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Old May 24, 2007 | 11:09 PM
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That didnt' work.

I cut the wire in the pic and it shut off all the power to the overhead computer instead of making it brighter. Have you done this mod?

Thats why I was asking here, because my first attempt failed and I don't have a wire color diagram lol

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Old May 24, 2007 | 11:13 PM
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Must be different on the X's. I know this forum gets more traffic, so I posted here. Its weird, because the blue w/ red tracer works like its supposed to for other circuts, but I guess the X has some weird setup for the computer... One of the 9 wires has to do it, I just don't know which one...

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