I'll be installing mechanical Autometer water temp and oil pressure gauges this weekend on my 2004 GT. I'm trying to decide if I should retain the functionality of the stock (idiot) gauges. I did away with them on my 95 GT.
For the water temp gauge:
1. Does the factory sending unit do anything other than control the temperate gauge in the instrument cluster?
2. If I decide to keep the cluster gauge working, is there any problem with using a T fitting where the sending unit currently resides and attaching the original sending unit to one end of the T and the Autometer one to the other end? This assumes I can come up with an arrangement that will fit the available space. Any grounding issue with the factory one?
3. Any other relatively easy locations I could install the Autometer sending unit?
For the oil pressure gauge:
1. Does the factory oil pressure switch do anything other than control the temperature gauge in the instrument cluster?
2. If I decide to keep the cluster gauge working, is it possible to install the Autometer sending unit in the plugged opening on the bottom of the oil filter housing? If not, any ideas for where to install the sending unit?
I did come across a few ideas like
http://neptune.spacebears.com/cars/stories/oilgauge.html
and
http://www.miracerros.com/mustang/gauge.html
The first one seems like it'd work well but I'm not sure it's worth the hassle. The second one (even though it's supposedly about a 2000 GT) does not seem to match that the front of my engine looks like.
Thanks for any tips.
Rick
For the water temp gauge:
1. Does the factory sending unit do anything other than control the temperate gauge in the instrument cluster?
2. If I decide to keep the cluster gauge working, is there any problem with using a T fitting where the sending unit currently resides and attaching the original sending unit to one end of the T and the Autometer one to the other end? This assumes I can come up with an arrangement that will fit the available space. Any grounding issue with the factory one?
3. Any other relatively easy locations I could install the Autometer sending unit?
For the oil pressure gauge:
1. Does the factory oil pressure switch do anything other than control the temperature gauge in the instrument cluster?
2. If I decide to keep the cluster gauge working, is it possible to install the Autometer sending unit in the plugged opening on the bottom of the oil filter housing? If not, any ideas for where to install the sending unit?
I did come across a few ideas like
http://neptune.spacebears.com/cars/stories/oilgauge.html
and
http://www.miracerros.com/mustang/gauge.html
The first one seems like it'd work well but I'm not sure it's worth the hassle. The second one (even though it's supposedly about a 2000 GT) does not seem to match that the front of my engine looks like.
Thanks for any tips.
Rick