Installing UB3 (Updated)

[Supreme Cutlass]

I'm trying to install my new UB3 cluster, but I can't get the pins to come out.. any advice? pics would be nice, too..

[Guest TurboSedan]

a jewelers or eyeglass screwdriver. a needle will work fine too. there is a small hole on the plug side (not the wire side) that you insert the needle into to depress the tab. gently pull/wiggle on the wire while you do this and it should slide right out.

[Supreme Cutlass]

Well, the gauges light up, everything that's supposed to work (haven't put in senders yet) is working, except my RPM's aren't coming up... what's up?

 

Edit: I found this via a little searching:

"The Tacho needs to be run from the orange ALDL connector.. THen it will work"

 

how do I do that? I assume that the male end is the four prong connection on the back of the cluster, but where is the female end?

[Supreme Cutlass]

Hello?

[Supreme Cutlass]

Can't ANYBODY help?

[stockgp]

what four prong connection are you takling about? you need to run a wire from the aldl to pin c13 on your male cluster connector.

[stockgp]

and fyi, in case you didn't already know, you culd have saved yourself all that work...( shameless plug)

 

http://www.w-body.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31378

[Guest TurboSedan]

Well, the gauges light up, everything that's supposed to work (haven't put in senders yet) is working, except my RPM's aren't coming up... what's up?

 

Edit: I found this via a little searching:

"The Tacho needs to be run from the orange ALDL connector.. THen it will work"

 

how do I do that? I assume that the male end is the four prong connection on the back of the cluster, but where is the female end?

 

just extend a wire down from pin C13 to the orange ALDL wire. i spliced it to the back side of the ALDL. works great.

[Supreme Cutlass]

It works!

[Jcrow]

A safety pin works good to take the pins out of connectors

[Supreme Cutlass]

I found that a dull sewing needle or a paper clip with about 1/8" bent backwards works well too.