Overhead Mounting of ScanGuageII

I have been thinking about this installation location since I got the ScanGuageII, but up until tonight, it was just floating around the car. I was holding off becuase I thought I would need to extend the cable, but the cable that came with the ScanGuageII was just long enough to run diagonally through the dash, under the left hand vent duct, up the window piller (behind the airbag) and across the front of the headliner as shown by the red line I added.

To avoid attaching double sided tape or velcro to my headliner, I used a platic clip around the front edge of the headliner, and the ScanGuageII is secured to the clip by a single wrap of black electrical tape around the perimeter of the ScanGuageII. The tape also covers the second White RJ-45 connector on the right side.

 

What kind of clip?

It was a clear plastic label holder sleep for the top of pentaflex hanging folder, but I need to find something a little stouter. It will not fall, but does flex when I use the push buttons.

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It was not too much hassle. I pulled of the lower panel under the dash that has one screw and several snaps. Pulled out the far left Air vent cover which snaps off without tools. This allowed me to run the cable though the dash from the OBDII plug and around the AC vent duct to the window piller area.

I pulled off the weather stipping around the drivers door which gives access to a small slot toward the back of the side of dash where you can feed the cable through and up into the window piller. I pulled the Piller molding off part way to manouver the cable behind the airbag and into the headliner. Most stuff just pops off fairly easily. A molding tool can help though.