Well, I got my new gauge set! It consists of Temperature, Volt Gauge, and Oil Pressure. I got them earlier this week but, to my dismay, the voltmeter didn't work
So I told the guy at the auto parts store that it didn't work, and he told me not to worry that he would order it for Tuesday. This was last Saturday I think. Anyway, Tuesday came around and he apologized and told me that the gauges were backordered and they won't be in until friday. I so I waited until friday. So, I went there after school, and there they were. I was very happy to see that the voltmeter worked as well, as that what set me back last Saturday. So the next dilema, since all the gauges are mechanical, was to run all the feeds through the firewall. A little setback there too. The oil pressure line was too short. And they way I ran it, I kept it away from the heat, so I went to get more line. Got that connected it to the other one, and got that gauge hooked up. It was getting dark, so I wanted to see if those two gauges worked. I started her up, and slowly but surely, the oil ran it's path through the 12 feet of line to the gauge. The temperature gauge worked. So by the time the engine was warmed up, the oil gauge read that the pressure was slightly under 50psi. I was surprised from that because the damn engine knocks. All the gauges lit up. But I think I need them brighter. I can't see them all that well. Anyway, I called it a night, and so I just finished hooking up the volt gauge. I hooked it up to the wiper relay on the fuse box. Because to my surpise, the radio fuse always gave 12 volts. But what ever. Here are my gauges. I was originally gonna do a setup like Blaze did, but I got lazy and I said forget it, so I stuck the gauges under the ashtray. So here they are...
So I told the guy at the auto parts store that it didn't work, and he told me not to worry that he would order it for Tuesday. This was last Saturday I think. Anyway, Tuesday came around and he apologized and told me that the gauges were backordered and they won't be in until friday. I so I waited until friday. So, I went there after school, and there they were. I was very happy to see that the voltmeter worked as well, as that what set me back last Saturday. So the next dilema, since all the gauges are mechanical, was to run all the feeds through the firewall. A little setback there too. The oil pressure line was too short. And they way I ran it, I kept it away from the heat, so I went to get more line. Got that connected it to the other one, and got that gauge hooked up. It was getting dark, so I wanted to see if those two gauges worked. I started her up, and slowly but surely, the oil ran it's path through the 12 feet of line to the gauge. The temperature gauge worked. So by the time the engine was warmed up, the oil gauge read that the pressure was slightly under 50psi. I was surprised from that because the damn engine knocks. All the gauges lit up. But I think I need them brighter. I can't see them all that well. Anyway, I called it a night, and so I just finished hooking up the volt gauge. I hooked it up to the wiper relay on the fuse box. Because to my surpise, the radio fuse always gave 12 volts. But what ever. Here are my gauges. I was originally gonna do a setup like Blaze did, but I got lazy and I said forget it, so I stuck the gauges under the ashtray. So here they are...
Strange, though, I've never seen mechanical gauges with only a 90 degree sweep--usually mechanical gauges are 270 degree rotation.
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