Some thing wrong (EL Gauges) - Honda Prelude Forum

SikRedRX-8 · 05-31-2003, 05:18 PM

I put a EL gauge cluster (Si) into a friends 94 S lude. We used the complete dash harness but did not which the dimmer. The problem is that the Highbeam light stays on and the headlights and blinkers won't work. Any suggestions?

genlude · 05-31-2003, 09:40 PM

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Originally posted by sik96prelude
I put a EL gauge cluster (Si) into a friends 94 S lude. We used the complete dash harness but did not which the dimmer. The problem is that the Highbeam light stays on and the headlights and blinkers won't work. Any suggestions?

I am guessing they work on the outside of the car and not on the guage.....if that is the case.......then on the passenger side of the wiring harness, they was a connector that did not connect to anything....I think it was 3 wires......
That connector...has a blk wire....I just ground the black wire and problem solved........
Now as to were you ground the blk wire....well I spliced the brightness control blk wire with an 18 guage wire and ran the wire to the connector on the passenger side and spliced it.
Problem solved.......Let me know if you have any questions

SikRedRX-8 · 06-02-2003, 07:47 PM

Actually the headlights on the outside and the blinkers did not come on. And the three wires you are talking about (I assume I found a place that they connected to, maybe it is not supposed to connect there but I will see. Any other suggestions? Why didn't the headlights come on at all?

prelude styl · 06-02-2003, 09:30 PM

if you connected them to something, take it apart because there is no clip for them. That should be used for something else.

SikRedRX-8 · 06-02-2003, 11:00 PM

well the wires on the other side are the exact same.

genlude · 06-03-2003, 08:20 AM

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Originally posted by sik96prelude
Actually the headlights on the outside and the blinkers did not come on. And the three wires you are talking about (I assume I found a place that they connected to, maybe it is not supposed to connect there but I will see. Any other suggestions? Why didn't the headlights come on at all?

Maybe it is something else, not necessarily the el guage swap. Check Headlight relay, fuses and bulbs.

munscher · 06-03-2003, 08:42 AM

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Originally posted by sik96prelude
well the wires on the other side are the exact same.

Haha, what in the hell did you connect that little 3 wire plug to?? I searched forever up under my dash (unknowingly at the time that its to be left unplugged) trying to find what it plugged into to no avail. I just did this yesterday... gotta ground it today to take care of the blinker problem.

prelude styl · 06-03-2003, 09:44 AM

I bet I know why he had a clip.. because the prelude was already a 94, right? Makes sense.. no?

munscher · 06-03-2003, 10:36 AM

touche