Tachometer Install on Maruti Zen Estilo


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"Car without Tacho is like underwear without elastic for a petrolhead" - The D.I.Y. Devil [evil]

Been hunting for ages for a cheap good quality tacho for Hell's Angel, all quotes were north of 3.5k, so the search continued until Maruti launched Ritz/A-Star with Pod tacho. Inquired Maruti about that only to end up mail forwards to Maruti dealer and wash off by Customer Care.

And one fine day our own Varun posted his installs and inspired me to give a try. He had one spare and bought it from him. The entire story starts here. Very much thankful to him [clap]

Final outcome.

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I hope this will help all Maruti boys like me badly wanting to install tacho in their beasts. Wiring and all same for Alto/Wagon R (and maybe for 800s). For tacho price and details refer Varun's other thread.

Never get confused with the ECU. Searched for ECU diagram for this specific one, but failed. Wiring detail for Estilo was not availabel anywhere. No SVC, customer care or neighborhood mod shop guy unwilling to lend a hand, reached dead end and never thought of fitting this.

After sleeping with the tacho for exactly a month, lost patience and decided to fight out the ECU. After a search found ECU is similar to Baleno (series), but again let down was every other Maruti had 3 connectors while Estilo got 4 connectors #Fish#.

Then compared all Maruti/Suzuki workshop manuals and found out tacho signal is Brown for all Maruti models. In the end found Speedo console connector was same as Alto's (which I found long back even before started thinking about the tacho [frustration]). Philosophy over, let's start.

The ECU (lies just behind glove box). No need to mess/worry about it. Leave it alone.

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The A-Star tacho (from Varun)

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Tacho working for the first time, giving hope.

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Redlined (not only tacho's first time, also the Angel's)

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Dismantled.
Sequence (front frame (insert screw driver from below, can deform the frame leaving it ugly)>>glass and other frames>>pluck the needle (careful)>>dial>>remove the leg/base (2 screws)>>remove 2 screws behind dial>>cup and circuit board comes out)

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Feeble yellow backlit.

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Custom red test.

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SMDs stripped out from LED strip, connected directly to tacho positive and negative, eliminating separate backlit connections.

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These OEM legs and clips hinders flat fit.

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Cut and clean.

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All assembled.

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Check for the perfect place. Take into account minimal blind spots, no hindrance in cleaning dash, pillars, glass, etc.

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All ready to fit. Used tired and tested foam tapes.

Connections - Red - To ACC positive, Black - Negative, Yellow with white stripes - Tacho signal, Yellow with blue stripe - Bakclit.

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Lift and pull the speedo frame.

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Pull out the dash. Remove connections if any.

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Speedo console got 4 screws in 4 corners. Remove and pull the speedo out.

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There will be 2 couplers.

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Grey one is the coupler K and white is couple L.

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Brown wire is the tacho signal. Don't get confused, there will be many similar looking colors (maroon, orange, and brown with black stripe)

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NC is speedo console, means wire is live, but speedo got no function for that (the turning point for me [:)] ).

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Check one final time before install. Else all efforts will fo waste and there will be irreversible damage like spliced wires and hole on dash.

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Poke the dash. Keep the damage minimum.

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With custom backlit, only 3 connections for me.

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Connect wire for extending. Secure the joints.

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Sleeve it.

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Route the wire through the hole.

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Splice the tacho signal. (Can be avoided with jugaad ways)

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Connect and secure. Connect red to ACC and black to body. Done.

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Fix it.

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Test it.

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Done.
 
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deville_56 , Great DIY! Hats off to you, one of the best and most useful and clean job ive seen.

BTW why you are wearing white tape on thumb and middle finger.
 
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Great one deville_56, that's a Ritz tacho, 4 cylinder one..
Good that it helped you and working fine..
now will the backlit be on as soon as the key is on rite..
I can find 2 brown wires there ? no black strip ?

Me too will try to find that wire..

OT: What happened to your hand, I can find some injuries..
 
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Amazing DIY buddy. Can you suggest a tacho that can be used in Etios? And if possible the wiring diagram as to which goes where?

frekdude.
 
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Nice DIY buddy, Outcome is really good.
Congrats.
never ever thought that you can make your own Tachometer, nice work buddy.
Congrats for your new tachometer.
Neat clean DIY and great finding helpful for the Maruti guys!
Congrats friend!! [clap]
deville_56 , Great DIY! Hats off to you, one of the best and most useful and clean job ive seen.

Thanks all [:)]


deville_56 , Great DIY! Hats off to you, one of the best and most useful and clean job ive seen.

BTW why you are wearing white tape on thumb and middle finger.
OT: What happened to your hand, I can find some injuries..
No pain, no gain [;)] Cut hand many times messing with the tacho.

Amazing DIY buddy. Can you suggest a tacho that can be used in Etios? And if possible the wiring diagram as to which goes where?

frekdude.
Never mess with Honda/Toyota wiring. They are strict about warranty and adamant when it comes to mods, refuse eevn to fix a hanging wire if you touh something.

Great one deville_56, that's a Ritz tacho, 4 cylinder one..
Good that it helped you and working fine..
now will the backlit be on as soon as the key is on rite..
I can find 2 brown wires there ? no black strip ?

Me too will try to find that wire..
Oops, thought it this was A-Star unit and the other was Ritz. Yeah, backlit comes on with key on. If it's from the snap, then the other one is Orange. My harness in speedo side was exactly same as the Alto one shared the previous day.
 
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Awesome job bro.:) Keep it up :)

How to Connect red to ACC? Stripe the red wire(ACC) like as that of the brown from ecu?
 
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Yes strip the wire and connect it, this wire is connected to your ICE, you can tap it there..

One can also connect it to the ignition wire too if they need the tacho work when ign is on..
 

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