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oil pressure gauge and amp gauge #1101285 11/09/04 09:02 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 42 Ranson WV S smooth99se OP New CEG\'er
OP smooth99se New CEG\'er S Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 42 Ranson WV	How is everyone hooking up these 2 gauges. Can the oil pressure be hooked up by the original sender? Or how is the stock dummy light hooked up? I'm clueless when it comes to this. Help me. I need to see my oil pressure and my amps. 1999 Contour SE Sport 39,xxx Miles 20% tint, Yokohama AVS tires 205/60/15 Aiwa cd player 1988 Ford F-150 4x4 31/10.50/15 mudders 2 10" Subs, Clarion Cd Roll pan, bed cover, black outs all 4 corners 5% tint,Dual flowmaster's, K&N filter

Re: oil pressure gauge and amp gauge #1101286 11/10/04 06:26 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 392 Burtonsville, MD S SmoothV CEG\'er
SmoothV CEG\'er S Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 392 Burtonsville, MD	Amp gauge is simple....it may not be the most accurate way...but just find the unswitched 12v wire in your stereo wiring harness. Simple as that . 2005 Nissan Sentra Spec V

Re: oil pressure gauge and amp gauge #1101287 11/10/04 06:38 PM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 6,760 On the short bus R RTStabler51_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
RTStabler51_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er R Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 6,760 On the short bus	electric or mechanical oil pressure? *Ryan* Trollin!

Re: oil pressure gauge and amp gauge #1101288 11/10/04 07:02 PM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 363 Canada eh ! W weasel CEG\'er
weasel CEG\'er W Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 363 Canada eh !	That would be great for a voltmeter, but an ammeter needs to be wired in series. According to the instructions of the last one I did, they wanted it in series between the alt. and the battery. If it is a voltmeter, you want it on a switched source. Otherwise the gauge will be reading and drawing power when the car is off. 98 Mystique GS V6 - K&N, projectors 91 Mustang LX 5.0L 00 Jetta TDI, Yay, I bought it !! 95 VW Getta TD - RIP: Nov.3,2005

Re: oil pressure gauge and amp gauge #1101289 11/10/04 07:11 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 392 Burtonsville, MD S SmoothV CEG\'er
SmoothV CEG\'er S Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 392 Burtonsville, MD	Originally posted by weasel: That would be great for a voltmeter, but an ammeter needs to be wired in series. According to the instructions of the last one I did, they wanted it in series between the alt. and the battery. If it is a voltmeter, you want it on a switched source. Otherwise the gauge will be reading and drawing power when the car is off. eeeeek thats what i meant! 2005 Nissan Sentra Spec V

Re: oil pressure gauge and amp gauge #1101290 11/10/04 08:59 PM
Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 10,015 The land of Vegemite and Foste... S Stazi Hard-core CEG'er
Stazi Hard-core CEG'er S Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 10,015 The land of Vegemite and Foste...	Mechanical Oil, so you can easily hook it up to the ONLY place worth two-sh!ts, the main oil gallery plug behind the A/C compressor. I'm sorry if I offend people, but mounting it to the head is for ricers who want the look of the gauges but aren't really interested in whether they're useful or not. 2000 SVT Turbo 295hp/269ftlb@12psi #1 for Bendix Brakes Kits! Knuckles rebuilt w/new bearings $55 AUSSIE ENDLINKS $70 Gutted pre-cats $80/set A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine!

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