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you will need.. |
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| The
Aeroforcetech Interceptor Scan gauge. I choose the black face, red display
unit that is available at www.pfyc.com. |
Thus
"Furniture hole cover" will serve as a trim piece to later cover
your installation mistakes. |
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Originally the Scan Gauge
was Plug-N-Play, however some issues regarding battery drain have arisen
so the folks at Aeroforcetech have altered their wiring harness. This
harness plugs into the OBD2 data port under your dash and then it plugs
into the back of your gauge. The extra wire is be hooked up to a 12 Volt
power source that is energized with the Ignition of the car.
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A scan of the
provided Addendum not found in the online manual. |
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| First we start
by removing this plastic side panel, be prying under the lower lip with
a flat blade screw driver. |
This
side panel is held in by three clips. |
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| With
the panel removed, unscrew the two screws found here. |
You can now, Pull the vent assembly from the dash. |
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| As
you can see the vent assembly has two of the clips just like the side panel. |
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| To
remove the Vent Ball sub-assembly from the front panel, pry gently on the
four (2 on each side) "larger" tabs found here (Green), and release
the sub-assembly. At this time do not pry on the smaller black tabs (red). |
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| Sub-assembly
removed. |
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| To
remove the Vent Ball retainer from the Sub-assembly, pry gently on the four
tabs found here (Green), and remove the retainer |
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| The
Vent Ball will now come out. |
Next
gently flex and remove the Vent Ball ring. |
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The Vent Ball itself is actually two halves. Take your time and slowly and
gently pry on the delicate side release tabs of the Vent Ball, and seperate
it into the two halves. |
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Next
you need to find a quite place that is outside where you can do some serious
"Dremel tool hacking". You SHOULD wear eye
protection and light gloves, because hot melted plastic will be all
over you at the end of the following procedures. |
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| With
the Dremel tool, some cutting discs and sanding cylinders. Carefully remove
the Vent fins from both halves. And on occasion sizing them with your gauge.
(Yes, this process can take up to an hour.) |
A
finished Vent ball half. |
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| Take
the "furniture hole cover" and cut it off at the red line and
discard the yellow portion. |
"Furniture
hole cover" ring |
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| Slowly
and carfully sand away the inner portion of the "Furniture Hole Cover"
ring until it slides all the way up onto the gauge. |
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| With
the "Funiture Hole Cover" ring already on the gauge, Wrap the
gauge with electrical tape until the Vent Ball Halve fits very snugly down
upon it. The tape is the"Wedge" that holds it in. |
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Attach
the second Vent Ball Halve to the assembly, and your gauge should look as
this. |
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| Re-assemble
the vent assembly. As you are doing so, you may want to pay close attention
to how your finished gauge will rotate in the "vent" and adjust
the pivot and placement of the gauge in the Vent Ball as needed. |
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| Drill
and Dremel a hole large enough to feed the gauge wire and connector thru
the vent duct. |
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| Route
the gauge wire to the OBD2 Data connector under the dash. Make sure to leave
enough slack to allow the data plug to be removed.
I advise to keep it unplugged until you have completed your power source
hookup. Nobody wants
to fry their PCM. |
I
got my 12 Volt Power lead from the RAP power source that I used in the previous
install of my Subwoofer and my XM-Radio. |
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| Stuff
some insulation into the vent duct to protect the gauge as instructed by
manual. |
Plug
the connector into the back of the gauge. Do a final check of everything
before you start the car. The gauge may take up to 30 sec. after ignition
to activate. |
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| Re-install the
Vent Assembly and Plastic side panel. And it should look like this. |
A close-up view.
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| Another close-up
view. |
Another close-up
night view. |
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All Done!! |
| A wider night
view. |
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SOME ADVICE:
1. Don't attempt to do this install without
using eye protection and gloves as mentioned above. The little black plastic
dust wizzing by your head is hot and can sting like an angry bee.
2. A Dremel tool or similiar is a must.
Cutting the Vent fins out with a hand tool, could possible crack your
"Vent Ball".
3. There is still a "reflective"
glare issue, upon the face of the gauge. I am looking into some possible
fixes for this. <<UPDATE 7-1-06: I found just modifying my mount
and allowing more gauge rotation fixed this.
4. Also if you ever intend
to remove the gauge, and going back to the factory look. You will need
to order the following part from http://www.gmpartsdirect.com,
You can not get the ball alone, only this assembly.
GM PART # 10308323
CATEGORY: Instrument Cluster Bezel
PACK QTY: 1 CORE CHARGE: $0.00
GM LIST: $60.23
OUR PRICE: $34.33
5. Set aside a day when
you can take your time and do this right. It took me about 4 hours to
do the entire install.
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