Rev counter / Speedo Instrument Panel

BaNNi · Post by **BaNNi** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:05 am

Welllllllll, seen as though the car was a 1.2i swift to be born as then i dropped a 1.6 Gsi engine in it i aint got a rev counter... sooooooo i went to the scrap yard and ripped one out of a dead corsa which had one.... fitted it in, all good, lights..etc all workin except the rev still aint on - the fella said there electronic driven but is he talkin poo or do i need somethin on my corsa to make it work

pleaaaaaaaase help

hobsey · Post by **hobsey** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:29 am

All rev counters are electronicaly driven, they run of the ignition coil. the wire that goes from the counter to the coil should be green, all you have got to do is find out which terminal on the coil it goes on to.

sanj · Post by **sanj** » Mon May 23, 2005 9:21 pm

i had the same problem with mine, everything worked but the rev counter, I\'m not the best with wiring can anybody explain how to get it working??

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Mon May 23, 2005 9:58 pm

my rev counter doesnt work, but ive got a bit of a complex problem in that the vectra takes its rev counter pulse from the ecu, and therefore corsa rev counter isnt compatable, so im gonna change my dials for a basic set at some point, and fit an after market rev counter

BaNNi · Post by **BaNNi** » Wed May 25, 2005 11:54 am

hmm, so how would i go about this, the car at the scrap yard still had its elecronic block with the gold pins on - would i need this aswell maybe? and if so will mine just rip out and stick the new one in?

Cheers for any help

BaNNi · Post by **BaNNi** » Thu May 26, 2005 5:50 pm

heeeeeeelp

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Thu May 26, 2005 7:01 pm

as far as i understand it, the wire that feed in to the back of the dial works off electrical pulses (someone up there said it was a green wire) go back to scrappy. follow wire back best ya can to the coil, and make a note of how it wires in, take any bits off u think you might need as well
dunno if thats any help BaNNi

BaNNi · Post by **BaNNi** » Fri May 27, 2005 12:14 am

cheers fella, top guy

gonna have a mouch down tomorrow or saturday

davie_16v · Post by **davie_16v** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:50 pm

slot number 9 on the mulitplug is for the rev counter it should be a solid green wire, in most case the corsas have the wire but its a lottery on the looms to be fair mines didnt have it but when i fitted the calibra engine i used the wire from the calibra loom and get the pin out another loom and soldered it in and all is fine

mines is a 1997 corsa b 1200 merit but didnt have the wire but the 1993 corsa 1200 merit i got the plug out of had it

davie

voodoo_jellybaby2k2 · Post by **voodoo_jellybaby2k2** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:05 am

woo hoo, so my corsa merit (1993) has it? lol means less work for me, might have to take a brisk stroll to one of the local scrappies lol.

Any ideas on a basic price for the dials with the rev guage on them, bearing in mind they dont accidentalli fall into your bag without you seeing them......

kawika · Post by **kawika** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:08 am

i think for a 93 model u need a cable driven set of dials not electric.

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