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OK, I'm installing Auto Meter voltmeter, oil pressure, and oil temp gauge. Directions say hook up a terminal to ignition switch.

Anybody done this? Where is the best place to make this connection ?

Thanks in advance. :p

The voltmeter you hook up to any power source.I hook up mine to the fuse box no special one.The oil pressure goes under the throttle body towards the back a little you will see a screw with a allen wrench head"gold color" on It you put the sensor that came with the gauge into It.I'm going to do mine this weekend.The oil temp I don't know.Hope It helps a little.

Thanks for the reply, but that's not what I was asking. A wire goes from the gauge to the ignition switch. ( your talking about the sender unit) Need to know where to hook this up at a ignition switch location.

That wire is probably for power. I don't know off the top of my head what wire you are seeking. Need... Haynes... at... WORK!!!!!

I have better than Haynes manual.....I've got the two volume factory Ford Workshop manual. Still can't figure it out.......

Okay you have a wire that turns the gauges on when you turn the car on and then you have another 12 volt for the lights for when you turn the lights on. Tap into a fuse that only comes on when you turn the key on, such as the radio or power window fuse, make sure that the fuse is not to big because if it is it needs all the power it has, but if its to small youll overload it, find something in the middle, I dont remember what I tapped into. Go to radioshack and get some small piggy backs to tap into the fuse, there little connectors with tabs like fuses and they just go together, make sure you tap into the side of the fuse if you dont youll have power at ALL times. Hope this helps and sorry I cant give more of a description.

Thanks Madic

Started thinking about about it, and your right. Tapping into the fuse box underneath the dash is the way to go. Looked in the Owners'Manual and there it is - fuse no's and what circuits they control (duh !!! shoulda looked there to begin with)