Electrical Gauges
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Gauges
New VEI gauges came today!!! Got the gauges over at vgauges.com. Vik there was awesome to work with; great customer service. Helped me organize what I needed and answered all my questions.
I got water temp/oil temp, oil pressure, boost, and the V1 display
I plan on doing the install myself and the instructions seem pretty straight forward but would love to see how you all setup your gauges and how/where you ran your cables/tubes; perhaps pick your brains for any ideas on how I should do mine.
I got water temp/oil temp, oil pressure, boost, and the V1 display
I plan on doing the install myself and the instructions seem pretty straight forward but would love to see how you all setup your gauges and how/where you ran your cables/tubes; perhaps pick your brains for any ideas on how I should do mine.
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From: Des Moines, Iowa
Well, not sure how much this will help, but here goes.
I have the following aux gauges in my 2004 "S" - honest coolant temp, oil temp, oil pressure, and volts. The coolant, oil temp, and oil pressure are electric, not mechanical gauges, so all that was necessary was to locate the sensor and run the wires - no hoses etc.
Oil temp and volts were installed by the dealer at time of delivery as part of a package that was offered at the time. They're VDO, and sit in a two-hole plastic panel under the toggle bank. Don't know where the volts gets picked from, but essentially any wire that's hot when the ignition is on will work. Oil temp is from a replacement VDO drainplug that has a sender in it, and a spade terminal on the end. I re-use the drain plug but replace the crush washer with each oil change. The wire feeding the gauge disconnects easily for oil changes.
A couple of years after taking delivery, I bought a Craven flex-pod two-gauge holder to mount coolant temp and oil pressure (Auto-meter gauges) on either side of the tach (I don't have nav). Mounting the flex pod was pretty straight-forward, but I had more difficulty with location of the sensors. Helix makes (at least I think they still do, and there are others on the market) a threaded adaptor that fits between the oil filter take-off and the filter, and has a place in it for a threaded pressure sensor. It was something of a b***h to get to, but once in place has worked well. Coolant temp was threatening to become impossible until I found a nifty piece buried deep in the Auto-meter web site - it's an aluminum splice for a main coolant line, and has a threaded hole for a sensor. I got one to replace the upper bleed valve right in front of the radiator. By loosening the sensor, it can still be used as a bleed valve when I have the cooling system flushed.
Good luck.
I have the following aux gauges in my 2004 "S" - honest coolant temp, oil temp, oil pressure, and volts. The coolant, oil temp, and oil pressure are electric, not mechanical gauges, so all that was necessary was to locate the sensor and run the wires - no hoses etc.
Oil temp and volts were installed by the dealer at time of delivery as part of a package that was offered at the time. They're VDO, and sit in a two-hole plastic panel under the toggle bank. Don't know where the volts gets picked from, but essentially any wire that's hot when the ignition is on will work. Oil temp is from a replacement VDO drainplug that has a sender in it, and a spade terminal on the end. I re-use the drain plug but replace the crush washer with each oil change. The wire feeding the gauge disconnects easily for oil changes.
A couple of years after taking delivery, I bought a Craven flex-pod two-gauge holder to mount coolant temp and oil pressure (Auto-meter gauges) on either side of the tach (I don't have nav). Mounting the flex pod was pretty straight-forward, but I had more difficulty with location of the sensors. Helix makes (at least I think they still do, and there are others on the market) a threaded adaptor that fits between the oil filter take-off and the filter, and has a place in it for a threaded pressure sensor. It was something of a b***h to get to, but once in place has worked well. Coolant temp was threatening to become impossible until I found a nifty piece buried deep in the Auto-meter web site - it's an aluminum splice for a main coolant line, and has a threaded hole for a sensor. I got one to replace the upper bleed valve right in front of the radiator. By loosening the sensor, it can still be used as a bleed valve when I have the cooling system flushed.
Good luck.
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