So I am back in the game again. Just had the cobra repainted so I am putting things back together. I had 4.30s installed incorrectly years ago and basically just stopped driving it for the last 6 years. My good friend got the rear fixed after figuring out the axle tube was bent and the gears were shimmed wrong and not torqued down.
Anyways, that was fixed but the speedometer stopped working. I've had a battery draw issue now since the I had a Speedcal installed but now it appears it is dead. I ordered a Dakota Digital SGI 100BT and all I could do was get it to power up but not transmit the new signal to the speedo no matter how I wired it. Now it appears I can't even get it to power up even though the multimeter says its getting power so something went wrong. So now I may be getting an Abbott next (this is getting expensive). I really liked the idea of the DD unit since it seemed I could make adjustments via my phone and fine tune it. I reached out to Dakota Digital and we will see if they get back to me with any ideas. Tonight I basically hot wired the old VSS wires so that I could see if I could get a signal and I did. I ordered a new VSS and I may install it just to rule that out. I did notice the way it was wired in by the original mechanic it appears to be to a wire that is constantly hot. I have had a bad draw for a while now and I think that may have been my problem.
So if anyone has some ideas on testing the Dakota Digital unit or Speedcal to see if they are really dead let me know. What I want to know is does anyone have a wiring diagram to a hot in the console that is only powered on with the ignition?
Anyways, that was fixed but the speedometer stopped working. I've had a battery draw issue now since the I had a Speedcal installed but now it appears it is dead. I ordered a Dakota Digital SGI 100BT and all I could do was get it to power up but not transmit the new signal to the speedo no matter how I wired it. Now it appears I can't even get it to power up even though the multimeter says its getting power so something went wrong. So now I may be getting an Abbott next (this is getting expensive). I really liked the idea of the DD unit since it seemed I could make adjustments via my phone and fine tune it. I reached out to Dakota Digital and we will see if they get back to me with any ideas. Tonight I basically hot wired the old VSS wires so that I could see if I could get a signal and I did. I ordered a new VSS and I may install it just to rule that out. I did notice the way it was wired in by the original mechanic it appears to be to a wire that is constantly hot. I have had a bad draw for a while now and I think that may have been my problem.
So if anyone has some ideas on testing the Dakota Digital unit or Speedcal to see if they are really dead let me know. What I want to know is does anyone have a wiring diagram to a hot in the console that is only powered on with the ignition?
