 Installing Gauges, Oil Pressure, Water Temp troubles |
 Dec 23, 2006 - 4:38 PM
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Searched and couldn't find what i needed.. (swap related so i posted here, sorry if it should be in the interior/elec)
I'm installing an oil pressure gauge and a water temp gauge.. they are both electric and were made by prosport. My questions are... do i need to tap into things for the probes/senders or are there stock places i can bolt these into? Or..... should i tap the wires off of the stock sensors? This post has been edited by jcbass7: Dec 23, 2006 - 4:40 PM |
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Jan 3, 2007 - 12:04 AM
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ok so i thought it was too xpensive to buy one of the radiator hose pieces to mount my temp sensor for the water temp gauge. So i went to home depot, bought a 3 inch long peice of 1inch pipe from the plumbing department. Its the kind that is threaded on both ends. Then i went home and found out what size tap i needed and borrowed a friends taps and drilled a hole and tapped the correct threads in.
Then i screwed my temp gauge in, and inserted the whole thing into my top radiator hose  total cost: 94 cents total time: 30 minutes give or take For the oil pressure gauge im just going to suck it up and buy the tuner toy piece, unless i can get clever and figure out some cheap effective way.. |
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Jan 4, 2007 - 1:43 AM
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QUOTE(jcbass7 @ Jan 3, 2007 - 12:04 AM) [snapback]514739[/snapback] ok so i thought it was too xpensive to buy one of the radiator hose pieces to mount my temp sensor for the water temp gauge. So i went to home depot, bought a 3 inch long peice of 1inch pipe from the plumbing department. Its the kind that is threaded on both ends. Then i went home and found out what size tap i needed and borrowed a friends taps and drilled a hole and tapped the correct threads in. Then i screwed my temp gauge in, and inserted the whole thing into my top radiator hose total cost: 94 cents total time: 30 minutes give or take For the oil pressure gauge im just going to suck it up and buy the tuner toy piece, unless i can get clever and figure out some cheap effective way.. mind showing some pics?.. ive gotten the greddy oil filter block/water temp adapter..both didnt fit my obx guages which i think is ricey but now im thinking twice about these "china* deals...now i have to go get some more fittings to install these cheap gauges...and sand down the water sensor from the guage.....(its too big to fit in the water temp sensor)...*sigh* --------------------  |
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jcbass7 Installing Gauges Dec 23, 2006 - 4:38 PM
Consynx both i'd suggest getting somethign to tap with... Dec 23, 2006 - 5:32 PM jcbass7 well i have both sender units, a temp probe thing ... Dec 23, 2006 - 6:11 PM Batman722 ok for the oil pressure you have 2 options...you c... Dec 23, 2006 - 11:46 PM
DeW_H0e_GT QUOTE(Batman722 @ Dec 23, 2006 - 11... Dec 27, 2006 - 10:48 PM lagos for the oil gauge.... you dont NEED the tee. you c... Dec 24, 2006 - 12:39 AM jcbass7 Edit:
Ok so here is a pic, its the one with the y... Dec 24, 2006 - 8:14 AM jcbass7 i found this thread on MR2OC, but i don't want... Dec 24, 2006 - 10:07 PM hitcachi I know that you are workin on a 3S but it should b... Dec 24, 2006 - 10:16 PM jcbass7 nice nice thanks,
did you need any special adapte... Dec 24, 2006 - 10:33 PM presure2 thats the way to go for a clean install for the te... Dec 24, 2006 - 10:56 PM lagos what do you think of the prosport gauges so far? h... Dec 25, 2006 - 12:51 AM jcbass7 QUOTE(lagos @ Dec 25, 2006 - 12:51 A... Dec 25, 2006 - 9:08 AM presure2 ebay is your friend, jesse..lol
http://cgi.ebay.co... Dec 25, 2006 - 10:31 AM jcbass7 QUOTE(presure2 @ Dec 25, 2006 - 10:3... Dec 25, 2006 - 10:46 AM DeW_H0e_GT any1 kno whats the diameter of the radiator hose i... Dec 25, 2006 - 6:43 PM jcbass7 QUOTE(DeW_H0e_GT @ Dec 25, 2006 - 6... Dec 25, 2006 - 7:44 PM DeW_H0e_GT i also found a new product..well not so new....
t... Dec 27, 2006 - 11:46 PM eggman40 QUOTE(DeW_H0e_GT @ Dec 27, 2006 - 8... Dec 28, 2006 - 5:35 PM presure2 yea, those are pretty common too, only problem wit... Dec 28, 2006 - 11:38 AM 99GT Why are the prosport gauges or twosrus so cheap? c... Dec 28, 2006 - 8:16 PM jcbass7 I love them, have been using them for a week now..... Dec 29, 2006 - 12:22 AM presure2 QUOTE(jcbass7 @ Jan 3, 2007 - 12:04 ... Jan 3, 2007 - 3:26 AM |
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