HVAC controls

[galantracer53]

So I have a 99 Eclipse GS and the HVAC control switch (temp control, fan speed, position) doesn't always light up. It will sometimes but then if I turn any of the knobs or go over a bump it'll go off. I believe it's a ground issue but can anyone tell me where it's grounded to?

Any help would be awesome!

 

[galantracer53]

Yeah I guess that is a good way to get things done on your car. What've you been doing on it??

 

[spyderdrifter]

Just little things to get it ready for swapping the piston rings. Taking reference pics for people (), testing sensors. Nothing big.

 

[galantracer53]

What'd you gotta do to get it ready to swap the rings?? And oh yeah reference pictures. I wonder who you do that for? Lmao

 

[spyderdrifter]

Was basically cleaning things up. I also reset my idle since I was originally gonna do it during the ring swap, but got sick of the crappy idle and did it early. And setting all the parts aside so I know what I got and still need to get.

 

[galantracer53]

What do u have to get to do a ring swap? Instead of the rings??

 

[spyderdrifter]

I got everything except new head bolts, the cylinder honing tool, and some more coolant.

 

[galantracer53]

What'd u need exactly???

 

[spyderdrifter]

Not following what you're asking. Everything involved with it?

 

[galantracer53]

Yeah like all the parts and tools you need to do it

 

[spyderdrifter]

Normal hand tools and a honing tool for the cylinders. New head gasket and other seals and gaskets that might need replacement. New rod bearings and head bolts. But for mine, I'm replacing the front crank oil seal because the one on it now leaks, the dip stick tube is getting a new o-ring, putting on new intake and exhaust gaskets. Putting on my other valve cover and intake manifold and trimming my timing covers.

 

[galantracer53]

Gotcha. So your doing some modding in with it??

 

[spyderdrifter]

Not really, just swapping parts. The intake and valve cover I painted satin black and those are going on since the current ones no longer match since the engine heat faded the paint job I did to them.

 

[galantracer53]

Oh so your just changing those. So I'm doing my gauges today. Which wires on the cruise control switch are for the lights? So I know which one it wire then In too

 

[spyderdrifter]

Yeah, those parts I'm just swapping out.


I misspoke where I said cruise control. I got my pillar gauge lighting hooked into the power mirror switch, but close enough. The wires to use on the cruise switch would be the green w/white strip (power) and I thought the ground was the black w/yellow strip, but on my pillar gauge lighting I have it grounded to the solid black, and powered with the lt. green w/ black stripe.

Those connections look like ass... I need to go back and solder them...

 

[galantracer53]

Gotcha. So those are the wires I need to have it go on and off with the rest of the lights???

 

[spyderdrifter]

let me go out and verify that before you start cutting the wrong ones based on what I've said. Don't want someone screwing up their wiring because of me.

 

[galantracer53]

That would be awesome. I'm just gonna wire them into the mirror adjuster like you did with your gauges

 

[spyderdrifter]

Don't go with the mirror switch. Go ahead and do the cruise switch and use the green w/white fro the power, and black w/yellow for your ground. If you use this black wire, you'll be able to keep all the LEDs dimmable.

 

[galantracer53]

Gotcha so green with white and black with yellow???? Power and ground?

 

[spyderdrifter]

Yes sir..

 

[galantracer53]

Alrighty! I'm hopefully gonna have pics of it up and working tonight!

 

[spyderdrifter]

Awesome. Looking forward to seeing. Think I'll go rewire some of mine with the solder.

 

[galantracer53]

What're u rewiring??

 

[spyderdrifter]

The pillar gauge wires. I forgot how crappy they looked and now it's bugging me. When I did it, I used the butt connectors as a temporary connection.... that was well over a year ago. Time to do them right. OCD strikes again...

 

[galantracer53]

Lol yeah that's how I'm doing mine is just with butt connectors. What gauges do u have??