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Shift Light Install - Get Your Shift Together

Stand-Alone Shift Light
February, 2009
By Calin Head
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1 & 2. Here is the light from... 
   
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1 & 2. Here is the light from Proform. It works with just about all four-, six-, and eight-cylinder applications and doesn't require anything more than a few screws and some time to install.
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3. The first thing to do is... 
   
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3. The first thing to do is find your location. We chose to put it right next to the boost gauge. Make sure to leave enough room to adjust the dial on the back.
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4. A couple of self-tapping... 
   
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4. A couple of self-tapping screws hold the base to the dash.
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5. Three wires need to be... 
   
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5. Three wires need to be hooked up: a power, a ground, and the signal wire that picks up the tach signal. Wiring diagrams cover most trucks in the instructions. We ran the wires down the pillar and picked up our power and ground from under the dash. The green wire was run out into the engine bay through a small hole in the firewall.
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6. For our Toyota Tacoma,... 
   
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6. For our Toyota Tacoma, we had to find the green wire with the black stripe coming out of the ignition igniter located on the passenger fenderwell. (Special thanks go out to Ron Crown for that information.) Brandon checked the wire first with a multimeter just to be safe.
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7. After Brandon made sure... 
   
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7. After Brandon made sure it was right, the green wire from the light was spliced in and the connection soldered.
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8. All we had to do now was... 
   
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8. All we had to do now was turn the dial to our desired rpm point and go out and bang some gears.

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