Dash 2 and Push Buttons

Fitted the centre panel and scuttle in to place. Fixed the Dash 2 to the scuttle and connected it up to he loom. Powered up and tested, all works fine except the indicators and hazards don't flash, maybe a wiring fault and one of the indicator switches has a yellow light instead of green.

Fitted buttons to the steering wheel to control the up, down, select and menu on the Dash 2. As the carbon mount has 6 holes, I have fitted two spare and may use them for lunch control in the future. Connected the buttons to the loom via a coiled cable, will fit a plug to the scuttle area to allow easy removal. Did try the Works Bell electrical connection kit but it fouled on the paddle gear shift and the paddle shift would need a full re design to fit properly, also the solder connections were also quite flimsy and kept breaking and shorting out. This didn't seem like a workable, reliable solution in a kit car environment so have gone back to a more basic method.

Really pleased with the Dash 2, the CAN bus works perfectly with the MBE. Will display and alarm on many parameters from the MBE including RPM, vehicle speed, oil pressure, water temp, battery voltage, injector duty, throttle angle and the facility for boost pressure / MAP in the future. Have also wired directly in to the Dash 2 fuel level, oil temp and fuel pressure. Connected the voltage return from the gear position sensor on the engine to he Dash 2 and shared the signal with the MBE which will provide the gear selected information to both devices.