fitting (and plumbing in gauges-volts and oil temp) from a mpi dash into an older car
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hi, my brother has just fitted an mpi dash into his car and wants to get the original dials working.

he has fitted the mini loom to the rear of the clocks, lights etc work. also plugged the time cloch in and this works

does anyone have insructions how to wire up the volts and oil temp gauges?

does the oil clock need some sort of sender, and does anything have to be drilled/tapped on a pre injection block/gearbox to make this fit?


also the revs are over reading on the mpi rev/speedo cluster. is there an adjustment screw inside the rev counter?

many thanks

the volts wants to go one wire to the +ve battery and one too earth if the needle flicks the wrong way switch the wires round

the oil temp well need a sensor you can drill tap the box, some have done the speedo output part as it can be easily removed, or you can get a sandwich plate that goes on before the oil filter and the sender sits in there i think my dads was 13quid or so for his scooby

i think the rev counter error is because the mpi uses coil packs with i think 2 coils? so the dial will be out by 50%? dont know if this can be adjusted easily

Edited by Brett on 13th Oct, 2009.

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id attach the volts after the ignition live, otherwise it will show the voltage permanently and it will drain the battery down when your not using the car

as above for everything else, hes right about the mpi clocks going mental, easiest way is to find an old cooper cluster and just stick a set of magnolia dials in them

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knew id already looked into this

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=190694

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

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and this one

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=198091

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

Yes i moved to the darkside

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for the rev counter problem go to :- help needed- instrument panel. i just wrote it up today

this was sorted months ago thanks. original post was iin '09. ta