wiring in instrument cluster

Just got my new clocks (cheers greg) and need a diagram that shows what colour go where..

The plastic clip is labled 1-12 so what colours go where?

Dont think that sounds clear enough…

The plastic clip is the conection to the printed circuit board  and it pushed onto the bottem of the cluster…

Basically all i need to know is what colour wires to the number pins…

The multi-plug pushes on to the socket on the bottom of your light cluster!

Am I missing something here or are you??? :dontknow:  

 

I knew this woundlnt be a simple answer!

You have a rev counter? yes?…you may also have a speedo…along with a load of other gauges…this is called a intrument panel….!!

And to make this intrument panel work you push in a white clip into the bottem of it, now then…if you look at the clip closly you will know that the pins are labled 1-12 for different colour wires… what i wanna know is what colour wire goes to what number pin..

   :mrgreen:

Thanks in advance low'

The plug itself is keyed. Are you connecting the wires to the plug then? Which one goes where depends on the year of the cluster and the year of the harness.

yep the wires need connecting to the plug…. Its an 82 1100 c with the std clocks (no rev counter)

Cant find the info newhere on the net eithor..

If any1 wants to take there dash apart and have a look for me, id be most greatful

Have you got Haynes manual? I know the wiring diagrams can be a bit of a pain to get used to, but once you do (I managed to and I'm no exper) this will give you all wires/colours, what they function.

For eg, on my Campaign it is a 14-pin plug. On the wiring pic (from memory) a connection would be shown as 1/14, meaning number 1 on the 14 pin plug.

I had seen a link somewhere recently to haynes manual or similar online which would have the info you need - I can't find it now - anyone know?

try this site
http://volkswagen.msk.ru/index.php?p=page09
very useful wiring diagrams and much easier to use than the haynes ones imo

:x  been studying the haynes for past 2 days n i honestly cant get my head round it!

Like where does it tell you the colours?

This is doing my head in!

   

cheers for that zak i'll have a ganders….

http://volkswagen.msk.ru/electro/golf83.zip
This is the link you need from Zaks link.

Open the zip file, the last file on the list (79.PDF) is the one you need. scroll to page 5. The right hand side is your instrument cluster with the "Multiconnector" and it's numbered pins at the bottom.

Very handy - I used it to sort my warning lights etc out when I used the after market "Idiot Lights"!

Cheers for the help, well i've been looking at it all day and….i still havnt managed to sort things, infact i think i've made things worse  The diagram that you posted al i understand, but…i have about 4 wires that match up to the diagram all the other wires are not even on it…

plus.. i plugged it in and the oil buzzer cam on..never heard it before in my car…didnt think it even wored! then a strong burning smell and i saw a little smoke so turned off ignition striaght away and un pluged it….

Do you think i've fckud my clocks up? Would of been easy'er getting an auto electrition out and paying ?100 to sort it for me…