Hooking up my 194 cluster bulbs, to another source. Options

[JoKeRkId613]

I need to know what souce I could use to power my cluster at night. I think the PRND2L shift thing is a good idea but I plan on doing a manual swap very soon so I'd rather move it to something where I won't have to change it again. What can I hook these 3 bulbs to so that they get power when the left steering column knob is turned on the first click? What wire can I hook them up to? Thanks.


Oh, and when someone says the "Parking light", what light is this?

This post has been edited by JoKeRkId613: Oct 11, 2005 - 2:36 PM

[Coomer]

They should be hooked to the parking light where that goes to the back of the cluster...I don't know which one it is but if you look through electrical diagrams you can find it and then test for it.

[JoKeRkId613]

hey coom, i was looking at the st205 combometer diagram nd the closest thing to "parking light" i see is "parking brake". is that what you're talking about? so i'm guessing that's the e-brake, right? because on my at200 cluster it used to say "BRAKE" when i pull the e-brake but on the st205 it doesn't have that light. in place of the "BRAKE", theres a "(!)" symbol. i'm guessing that's the parking brake, right? if so, that's perfect because i know where that's at.

edit: how would that give power to the 3 green bulbs if the e-brake isn't always on? thanks.

This post has been edited by JoKeRkId613: Oct 11, 2005 - 4:55 PM

[Coomer]

No, the parking light wire is different from the parking brake wire. The parking light wire will give +12 volts when the parking lights are on and no voltage when they're off. But there may be a few wires that do that. I'd look for an illumination label or something on the ST205 diagram.

[JoKeRkId613]

Your a G Coom. Okay so if I hook up all 3 bulbs to the illumination wire, it'll light up correctly? What do you think? I guess I'll give it a shot. So you're telling me the parking light goes on when you do the first click on the left steering column bar, right? Sorry, I just don't know which one the parking light is... Like physically. Lol.

Edit: I circled the illumination wire, but there's no wire on any of the plugs that say "illumination". So how would I connect the three bulbs to the illumination wire?

This post has been edited by JoKeRkId613: Oct 11, 2005 - 6:48 PM

[Coomer]

Hmm...I dunno...now that I think about it the illumination wire might connect to C2 or A10 in your diagram. That diagram is pretty confusing though.

[JoKeRkId613]

Yeah, C1 connects to C2... What is it supposed to connect to?

[Batman722]

C2 is the pinout you would want to use.