Does any body know how to wire these things up in a non blazer vehicle. I bought one and I am putting it into an 84 monteSS. Its the full length console with temp, compase, and map lights.

Thanx
Jman

good luck on that.

ORIGINAL: Jman

Does any body know how to wire these things up in a non blazer vehicle. I bought one and I am putting it into an 84 monteSS. Its the full length console with temp, compase, and map lights.

Thanx
Jman

I don't suppose that you removed it from the vehicle when you bought it?

I can't find a wiring diagram, but.... if I were doing this, I think the first thin I would do is remove the dash pad.
Then remove the trim off either the right or left front pillar, them the trim off the front of the head liner.

I'd just run a power wire from the fuse box up thru the dash and up the pillar etc to the console. Splice the wire to feed the lights and the compass.
You could probably use a console mounting screw for grounding purposes.
Temp guage??? I need to look at a diagram for that to see where the feed to the guage comes from ( if it comes from the coolant temp sensor at a lower voltage or from the computer after the sensor.

Do you know how to calibrate the compass?
once it's operational, just drive the car in a circle 3 times and it should self calibrate.

No real answers here, but maybe some helpful ideas.

By the way...do your friend think you're crazy? lol

ORIGINAL: 1996BZR

good luck on that.


And the purpose of that post was?

Anyway, what year was the console taken out of and what options does it have (mpg, trip mileage, average speed, compass, temp, etc).

My best advice would be to get all of the electrical connectors with the console with about 1' of wire behind the connectors. If it's a newer console, the compass module will be in the console. There are two different consoles from the newer years. One with the full blown trip computer and one that is basically compass/temp and something else (can't remember). The full blown trip computer requires a class 2 serial bus connection to the BCM (not gonna happen in your monte) to access all of the functions.

I'll check back after work and look up all of this stuff for ya. PM me a reminder just in case.

Hi guys

No the Jman is not crazy, just something I want to do. I held it in place and it looks like it is made to be there. lol

A little luck! Yeah I'll prolly need it.

I removed the console from the truck myself, right down to were the wires join the main harness. The harness has plug ins for the lighted mirrors and 1 other at the main harness. The main plug in has the following wires
E=green, D=orange, C=black, B=yellow, A=white
F=black/white, G=green/black, H=grey, J=brown, K=black

I think it was a 97ish blazer or jimmy I got it from. It was partly dissmantled already. All the console has is temp and compass. Same as my 95blazer and the girlfriends 96 blazer.

So it looks like you are correct, however, I only have a partial reference to the wires you listed.

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Kyle is there a site somewhere that you got this chart from? I can't really read it that well.

That's as good as it gets. Did you click on the image, then zoom in on it? IE and Firefox fit the image to the window. If you zoom in you can make things out much better.

ZooM, how the heck do I do that.? lol

Download the image and view it with whatever app you use to view photos. You should be able to zoom in on sections of the image for a better view.

i have a '97 factory service manual set, let me know if you need anything scanned. my '97 has an overhead console as well, so i might be able to help with wiring and bracket issues.

Magtec if there is anything in your manual that has to do with the wiring of the console that would be great if you could scan it. I got to custom make some new brackets to mount it to my car.

ORIGINAL: Chevy Lover

Do you know how to calibrate the compass?
once it's operational, just drive the car in a circle 3 times and it should self calibrate.


The neighbors will think you got ahold of some bad moonshine.

I got the console installed in the car. Just need to get it wired up and reinstall the headliner.

TTT

Anybody have any wiring know how with these things?

I don't know if this helps 'cause I'm not great with electrical, other than simple old stuff. Here's a diagram with the drivers information center on it.
I haven't seen the console, but I think it would be easier to put in aftermarket guages and run separate wiring to them. By this diagram and the one Kyle put up previously, it looks like the info is fed from the sensors to the computer and then to the guages.
Like I said, if you could find jobber guages that look good in the console with minimal fabrication, that might be the way to go and ultimately achieve the same effect.


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I have a 2001 Chev Blazer LT. I would like to upgrade from the compass/temp overhead console to the overhead console with the trip computer and homelink.

According to this forum, if I have the full blown trip computer, all I would need is the "a class 2 serial bus connection to the BCM", correct? Can anyone expand on this a little? I am unfortunately not very educated on vehicle wiring, etc...

The Homelink poses another problem, it looks like additional wiring is needed for that as well?

Thanks for your response.

For the class 2 serial bus connection, if I remember right, you can just run the wire to the orange, I think, wire in the OBDII connector.

I've got an overhead console with homelink I'm gonna see about mounting in my Blazer...

But if the wiring harness isn't already there, I don't think I'm going to bother, lol.

Thanks for the reply. I have a lot of questions.... The class II serial bus connection, can that be obtained from an autosalvage place or is this already in place in my vehicle? I guess before I start ripping things apart, I'd like to know what parts and supplies I need. The homelink is secondary, although I would like to get that to work. To answer you question, if your blazer is like mine, the correct wiring is not in place...

Obviously, I need a lot of help...

Thanks.

Hmmm... Late response, but that's because topic notifications weren't working well at the time...

Class 2 serial bus wire goes to the purple wire on your OBDII connector, a.k.a. pin 2.

And no, my wiring is NOT in place... VSS hunting now.

Hello.

I'm having a 00 Blazer with temp/compass only.

Went to the junkyard and got myself a new display (out of an 01) with all the fancy stuff in it.

However: The first six wires of the new MPG display match my old display.
But then there are two (not only one) additional wires on 8 (orange) and 9 (yellow).

Can anybody pease tell me what do do with them?

Thanks.

I just found out:

(8)orange 14-Battery Positive Voltage
(9)yellow 15- Trip computer/nav class 2 serial data link

Mor information on: http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/96-blazer-overhead-console-temperature-indication-10959.html

So now my question is regarding Pin 8 (orange):
What means PAttery positive voltage? Does the display need to be provided with power at all times (even if the ignition switch is in the off position)?

This will tell you all you need to know to install one of these

http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f200/overhead-blazer-console-install-214399/

I used it when I did my install.

Also when you get it installed to set the variance on it. There is a section that tells you how.

Once thats done they work great.

Also look here if you end up with the ones with the MPG/Trip computers in it

http://blazerforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20854

Here are the schematics from the 2000 FSM:
Driver Information Center w/o Trip:
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Driver Information Center w/ Trip:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a187/swartlkk/2000%20Bravada/th_DIC_w_trip_1of2.gif (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a187/swartlkk/2000%20Bravada/DIC_w_trip_1of2.gif)http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a187/swartlkk/2000%20Bravada/th_DIC_w_trip_2of2.gif (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a187/swartlkk/2000%20Bravada/DIC_w_trip_2of2.gif)