A/F Ratio Guage

[AccordAddict]

Ok i want to get an Air/Fuel Ratio guage tommorow. but are they hard to hook up??? where do the wires go (besides the ground).. ? i want to know beforehand if this is going to be too hard or not. i installed my tach easily but dont know crap about A/F Guage.

[AccordAddict]

anyone?? i gotta know by tommrow. thanks

[Sabz5150]

Okay, you're running an 86, that's easy.... hook the +12 to ignition, ground to ground, and hook the purple line (on Autometers) to the O2 sensor wire. This should be pin 16 on the second plug of your ECU I believe. Check the FAQs for the ECU pinouts and hook the O2 wire to the O2 wire coming from your ECU.

Nothing more needs to be done. Enjoy!

[AccordAddict]

ok..... so i have to run a wire under my seat to the ecu? i open up the ecu and pin it in? heh thats pretty easy, thanks. i hope i dont break anything lol. pin 16, on the second plug, wait whats the second plug? ah.. ill just check the FAQ for a sec.

[AccordAddict]

Ok... the FAQ says the 86 accord version of ecu pinounts will be coming soon.. so should i go by the 87? basically the same thing right? i read it and it says pin a16 is a ground, are you sure it goes to a brown wired ground???? oh wait, it says connector a,b,c. which do i look at? this is confusing.

[Sabz5150]

Ok... the FAQ says the 86 accord version of ecu pinounts will be coming soon.. so should i go by the 87? basically the same thing right? i read it and it says pin a16 is a ground, are you sure it goes to a brown wired ground???? oh wait, it says connector a,b,c. which do i look at? this is confusing.

The 87 is the same. Connect the purple lead to pin C16, white lead, O2 sensor.

[AccordAddict]

so theres two wires i need to connect to the ecu? A Purple wire and white wire? ok the purple goes to the pin c16 (which is oxygen sensor) and the white goes the same one???

[ehulst]

how much was your A/F?

[SteveDX89]

The gauge should come with directions. This stuff isn't that hard.

[AccordAddict]

its only $25 at pepboys now. it used to be 35, unless its in the wrong place....

[ehulst]

hmmm.....how hard is it to fit an 00 Acrd couple pod to our side pillar? anyone got any idea's?

[AccordAddict]

i thought they just slip on. they dont? ask mikes89accordlx he has guage pods.

[Mike's89AccordLX]

Yes I do have some gauge pods. I used a 88-91 CRX Dual Autometer Pillar. I used a heat gun to get to to mould perfectly to the A-Pillar.

You have to drill 4 tiny holes in the plastic a-pillar and the guage pod will have these plastic screw things you push in the plastic and will hold the pods to the a-pillar.

[AccordAddict]

how do they stick on? do they clip or tape or glue on???

[PhydeauX]

They come with little crappy push in clips. I used them on the pod in my jetta and wasn't happy, damn things kept working loose. I glued the pod in my nova on with 3m plastic trim adhesive, worked great.

andy

[AccordAddict]

push in clips? you mean like staples that damage your interior or clips that go around the [A Pillar?]- (Interior Bar).

[AccordAddict]

ok i might get it today. one quick question, do you have to remove the seat to get into the ecu? is it hard to do?

[shepherd79]

yes you have to remove the seat to get to ECU.
it took me about 1 hours to install my gauge, but i am a perfectionist so i soldered all my connections and so on and on.
make sure you have wirring diagram when you work with ECU. you don't want to fuck it up.

[AccordAddict]

hey i just picked up my guage and guage pod. you say you have to remove the seat? fuck. is there an easier way to do this? also,i got the sunpro one. it just connects one green wire to the oxygen sensor. and did you say wiring diagram? i have the shop manual and looked in electrical and saw no ECU wiring diagram, do you know where i can download one? there isnt one in the FAQ either.

[AccordAddict]

BAH! whats the best way to take out the seat!?!?!?!?!?! or excuse me, EASIEST WAY. PLZ HELP SOON THANX. i saw these two bolts in the front under the seat are those the only bolts? or is it easier to slide the seat off the slider thing? i dunno how to do that so does anyone know , Thankx.

[A20A1]

2 bolts front 2 bolts rear... they are 14mm head/socket size and are located on the rails of the seat.

there is no easier way.... there is one way remove the bolts and take it out.

Slide the seat back to get to the front bolts, slide the seat forward to get to the rear bolts... there may be plastic covers on the seat botls... but basicly the seat is bolted to the floor of the car... the rails and the seat are intergrated so they all come out as one.


edit: some seats have a black ground wire under/attatched to the seat... it slides out from it's connected but don't forget to reconnnect it.

[AccordAddict]

ok, thanks alot man.

[AccordAddict]

also does anyone have an ECU Wiring Diagram???

[ehulst]

Yes I do have some gauge pods. I used a 88-91 CRX Dual Autometer Pillar. I used a heat gun to get to to mould perfectly to the A-Pillar.

You have to drill 4 tiny holes in the plastic a-pillar and the guage pod will have these plastic screw things you push in the plastic and will hold the pods to the a-pillar.

what about wires what did u do to hide them...drill into the stock pilliar...then lope them down into the dash or something

[AccordAddict]

yeah im worying about that also, how to hide them. i dont wanna break anything. im just gonna run it down the side where you can barely see it i guess unless its easy to hide it behine the apillar. and does anyone know where i can find an ECU WIRING DIAGRAM!?!?!?!?!