Fitting a Mason Alarm

[cheffy34]

Hi,

Just fitted mine. As others have said it is really very simple. All you need is a crosshead screwdriver, lower the steering wheel to it's lowest position, disconnect the battery, then remove the 4 upward facing screws that hold the cover to the instrument binnacle on.

You need to carefully pull and prise this out. On mine I have a couple of extra switches, as well as the fog light. The cables for these were tight. On one side there was no easy way of disconnecting the switches so I took off the wiring to the fog light etc on the RHS. As mine was a retrofit I had to remove 3 wires from this, remember to label them if there is any danger of mixing them up when reconnecting.

I then swung the cover around over the gearstick. You will then see the instrument cluster being held in by 4 horizontal facing cross head screws. Remove these.

Then pull forward the binacle, I had enough slack in the wires to pull it out and twist is round to gain access to the rear RHS of it where you need to wire in the 3 wires to the mason alarm as per the instructions. Be careful not to remove the screws too much or short circuit any of the copper connectors with the mason connectors. Don't overtighten either.

Then reconnect the battery, turn on the ignition, you will hear a chirp, that's it. Put the mason alarm back in to the dash, and thread it and it's wiring back and down so when you put the binacle back in no wires will be trapped.

There's enough slack in the alarm wiring to route it down, then up the side of the dash leaving it resting on top so it can be adjusted until it's right.

I have a several journeys over the next few days to get this adjusted.

Keep you posted but impressions are good, well made, good price, arrives quickly and easy to install.

Andy

Fitted mine ages ago apole mine is set sub 4 if i remember rightly, but i did adjust it the other day when it was idling for a long time on mot note to self i must adjust it again in morn back down, but depends what driving you do mine is set to low for the city traffic n drives me nuts when i have to venture into town, my usual route to work is long, bendy and hilly and is set accordingly, doesn't make a huge difference when normal running on the needle tho but is slightly higher


Dar

[widdowson2008]

Recently fitted a TM-2 which seemed at first a little extravagent but I would not be without it now.
From reading the posts above, the Mason seems to do its job but it is reassuring to see the digital temperature display unit indicating that the thermostat is actually doing its job.
The initial scream from the alarm when switching the ignition on certainly wakes you up and the readings take a little getting used to but the unit is well worth the outlay.
I would recommend this unit without reservation.

[Majorbloodnock]

Maybe it is running too hot at 1.30 Major............ When was the coolant last flushed out and the radiator checked for cold spots?

Hmmm, little subjective maybe, as you may say it's bang on 1.00, and someone else may think it's more. It may also just be the fact that I've never seen it over that side of the gauge that is shocking! I was driving up, down and back up a hill* at the time. I have just driven into work at just gone 12 o'clock - if you know what I mean.

I have no idea when the last flush was. I've just had it serviced and all hoses checked, but never flushed. Would make sense to fit the silicone hoses at the same time I guess. Maybe later this year.

*this is Norfolk for a slight, but long, incline

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back up a hill*

*this is Norfolk for a slight, but long, incline

In Cambridgeshire it's anything over 300mm high or a railway bridge high enough to cause a local to have a nose bleed.