Gauges

[Bugger]

Okay, I found out more on this subject. The stock bug cluster has a warning light for low oil pressure and low volts, which are supposedly pretty good according to gene berg. He says that the aftermarket temp sensors are no good, what is your experiance with them? Also I am having a hard time posting pics, I shrink them with a program and can't get them below 100kb. I want to post some pics of the installation of the gauges in the custom panels that I made.

[freekazoid]

Originally Posted by Bugger

Okay, I found out more on this subject. The stock bug cluster has a warning light for low oil pressure and low volts, which are supposedly pretty good according to gene berg. He says that the aftermarket temp sensors are no good, what is your experiance with them? Also I am having a hard time posting pics, I shrink them with a program and can't get them below 100kb. I want to post some pics of the installation of the gauges in the custom panels that I made.

I don't have any first hand experience with the aftermarket temp sensors, I've basically been in the same boat as you for the past few months on trying to decide my gauge configuration. But yes those stock warning lights are exactly what i'm using just with led's. I've read a decent amount on here and other forums about how the temp senors can be slow to react and to really get a real reliable oil temp you basiclly need to tap the case. I'm using VDO gauges and I know there is a connector that allows you to connect a pressure and temp senor to the stock pressure switch, but same problem of slow and not very accurate readings. Then again I think if you take the time to learn how the gauges function (what their typical readings are) with your engine you can learn how to spot out warning signs. I wish I knew this stuff before i got all excited and bought more gauges and senders than i'm now planning on using. BTW I have a VDO temp sender 323 064D that replaces the oil pressure relief plug for what is probably one of the better places to get a temp reading without tapping the case. I'm not going to be using it or the gauge either, so please take the sender off my hands if your looking for one.

I've never tried posting pics on this forums, shouldn't be too hard. Maybe sign up for a pic hosting service like photobucket and link the pics from there.

[Bugger]

Thanks for the reply, maybe i will just make a new panel that will fit my seatbelt/brake light instead of another gauge for now.

[NO_H2O]

Look into the dual gauges from Westach. You can get an oil temp/press in one 2 1/16 unit.
They also have quad gauges from 2 1/4 to 3 1/8.

[Bugger]

Well it looks like I will get a voltmeter for the other gauge, all of the gauges are now wired up with one exception, the tach's sender is not wired up. The reason I havn't wired it up is I was wondering if there was a place up front where it could be wired up since there is a large black wire connected to the negative terminal of the ignition coil that looks like it goes to the front. If it can't be wired up in the front, how do you all get wires from the front to the back?

[freekazoid]

I thought the tach was supposed to connect to terminal 1, which is the negative terminal. Not terminal 15 which has the black wire that leads to the front which is actually bringing juice from the ignition switch.

[Bugger]

You are right, I just realized that (I have the whole black negative thing in my head I need to shake that notion). I have everything else wired up on the gauges besides that one wire, and will find some creative way to get the wires from the front to the back. The gauges do look great though, I am quite pleased with my choice.