how do you get a speed signal to the ECU?

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Oct 22, 2007 | 07:28 AM

prettylew

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how do you get a speed signal to the ECU?

ok im curious and i cant figure it out, my car was converted by someone before me to OBD1, my question is this, how do you get a speed signal to the ECU with a cable drive VSS?? theres no wires comin out of it. soooooo. i dont know what to do.

Oct 22, 2007 | 07:47 AM

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Re: how do you get a speed signal to the ECU? (prettylew)

the speed sensor is on the gauge cluster where the speedometer cable goes in

Oct 22, 2007 | 08:04 AM

prettylew

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wow i feel like a moron. lol. thanks! do you know what color the wire is? so i can just run it straight to my ECU.

Oct 22, 2007 | 08:13 AM

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Why???
It is already conected to the ECU. You do not have to touch that sensor for OBD1 covertion

Oct 22, 2007 | 08:25 AM

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Maxbore.com »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why???
It is already conected to the ECU. You do not have to touch that sensor for OBD1 covertion</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Oct 22, 2007 | 08:47 AM

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well. someone didnt use a fancy wire harness conversion from rywire or anything, some honda tuning shop swapped it to obd1 like 7 years ago. idno.

how do i know if its already connected to the ECU?

Oct 22, 2007 | 09:37 AM

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Re: (prettylew)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by prettylew »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well. someone didnt use a fancy wire harness conversion from rywire or anything, some honda tuning shop swapped it to obd1 like 7 years ago. idno.

how do i know if its already connected to the ECU?</TD></TR></TABLE>

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