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mikestang63

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Installed Autometer Oil pressure, Water Temperature, and Volts gauges in a pillar mount pod. SInce I have a bad back, took me about 3 hours total including installing the new senders, routing the wiring underhood, under the dash, and installing the gauges in the pod. Overal, happy witih the results and nice to know for real what the car is doing.





 
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I like everything except the roof.
 
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madmike1157 said:
I like everything except the roof.
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Can't do anything about that MIke- unless you want to come down and weld a coupe roof on it for me. lol
 

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mikestang63 said:
Can't do anything about that MIke- unless you want to come down and weld a coupe roof on it for me. lol
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I got my own troubles thank you, you'll have to start welding w/ o me, I should be able to finish it up for you in about a year.
 

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I'm a big gauge person. Almost neurotic about it. I can't stand not having reliable information on everything going on.

Kurt
 
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revhead347 said:
I'm a big gauge person. Almost neurotic about it. I can't stand not having reliable information on everything going on.

Kurt
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Ditto. First thing I did when I rebuilt my engine.
 

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Just gets better and better!
 

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mikestang63 said:
Can't do anything about that MIke- unless you want to come down and weld a coupe roof on it for me. lol
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Where did you feed the lines through the firewall? Did you drill your own hole? Copper line for oil?

I'm doing this myself next week but I have the autometer in dash vent kit.
 
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Where did you feed the lines through the firewall? Did you drill your own hole? Copper line for oil?

I'm doing this myself next week but I have the automated in dash vent kit.
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I went with electric gauges as I didn't want to deal with oil lines in the car. I used the same grommet for the speedo cable and wrapped the wires in 1/4" loom. Used an add a fuse to # 12 ( key on for the radio) and tapped into the dimmer switch + for the bulbs.
 

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Did you hook up your water and oil gauges in a way to keep your factory gauges working too?
 

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Did you hook up your water and oil gauges in a way to keep your factory gauges working too?
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Yes. got a 1/4" male x 1/4' female x 1/8" female fitting for the oil pressure sending unit. Hooked up the stock sending unit and the Autometer to that. Relocated the stock water temp sending unit to the pad on the lower intake by the passenger rear.where the EGR coolant line used to be. It will read different as it is not in the direct path of coolant but it functions.
 

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I went with electric gauges as I didn't want to deal with oil lines in the car. I used the same grommet for the speedo cable and wrapped the wires in 1/4" loom. Used an add a fuse to # 12 ( key on for the radio) and tapped into the dimmer switch + for the bulbs.
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Probably a really smart move, that doesn't help me any because I am too paranoid and don't trust electric gauges. 4 bulkehead mounts and lines going through the firewall.

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Go with full sweep electric autometers. Every bit as accurate as a mechanical without the mess. I have mechanical gauges in my jeep and have already had to replace the oil line. Ruined a perfectly good pair of pants.
 
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Were you running a copper line, or the cheap teflon one that comes with it?

Kurt
 

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Copper.
 

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Copper.
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yeah the copper ones can get crimped or if they touch a header develop a leak. I'd use a ss line.
 

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I've had equal luck with copper and SS line. I honestly don't think the SS line is any better. The quality of installation is the most important. Make sure you run bulkhead mounts on the firewall, run everything down the firewall and then under the intake down the valley.

Kurt
 

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Mine crapped out close to the fitting to the gauge. Guess it got kincked or stressed when I pushed the gauge into the housing.
 
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