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superford3
04-04-2007, 08:49 AM
has anybody else done this and what gauge did you use
Marauder386
04-04-2007, 08:55 AM
This was suggested to me by D R and I just have to get around to doing it...
:cool:
DEFYANT
04-04-2007, 09:13 AM
Howzabout:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/Defyant/168342605044d9532e5e438.jpg
Raudermaster
04-04-2007, 09:23 AM
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/439998/fullsize/gauges-007.jpg
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/440003/fullsize/gauges-012.jpg
(Looks sloppier than it actually is.)
O's Fan Rich
04-04-2007, 09:33 AM
Autometer pro comp for me... replaced the cigarette lighter.
Grifter
04-04-2007, 11:16 AM
Autometer Ultralite. The one that looks similar to the factory. I will replace it soon with the UltraLite II one. I dont like how this one is so hard to read at night. Its in a single gauge pod on the pillar..
Raudermaster, how well does your gauge read with the long adapter for your T sending unit on the T? How did you get it to work without grounding the T?
superford3
04-04-2007, 11:21 AM
Howzabout:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/Defyant/168342605044d9532e5e438.jpg
i believe thats what is this called captain obvious
Darrin
04-04-2007, 11:23 AM
I too was wondering how that worked w/o a ground. Last one I did inline like that I brazed a small bolt onto the tee to provide a place to attach a ground wire.
I like to put them in the pan if possible. Thats just an opinion though.
Darrin
Black 04
04-04-2007, 11:26 AM
Autometer Pro Comp. I have it installed in a single pillar pod.
O's Fan Rich
04-04-2007, 11:35 AM
I too was wondering how that worked w/o a ground. Last one I did inline like that I brazed a small bolt onto the tee to provide a place to attach a ground wire.
I like to put them in the pan if possible. Thats just an opinion though.
Darrin
Just attach one side to the steel lines with a compression fitting, the other to the hose and you're grounded. Easy.
RF Overlord
04-04-2007, 11:43 AM
^^^what Rich Long said^^^
That's the way mine is.
UltraLiteII gauge where the cigar lighter was.
Darrin
04-04-2007, 12:45 PM
Just attach one side to the steel lines with a compression fitting, the other to the hose and you're grounded. Easy.
Yeah, I know that route.
I might need to add in here that I do this sort of stuff... Well, a lot. LOL
My question is about the specific one in the pic above that has rubber on both sides of it with hose clamps attaching it to the tee. How is that particular one grounded?
Thanks
Darrin
Svashtar
04-06-2007, 08:05 PM
Autometer Ultralite. The one that looks similar to the factory. I will replace it soon with the UltraLite II one. I dont like how this one is so hard to read at night. Its in a single gauge pod on the pillar..
I replaced the OP guage with a real one, and then got amp and tranny temp gauges to match. I didn't screw around with trying to get the faceplates to match, just got new ones.
I have a transparent red sock on the first bulb, and green on the voltage and darker red on the tranny temp. Looks good and gives a nice display. I tried blue but it just comes in as white to me.
Wish I had known about the UL II though and the new lighting setup they have, but actually they weren't around when I installed mine 18 months ago I don't think. Looks cool.
Norm
DEFYANT
04-06-2007, 08:12 PM
My electric sending unit on my autometer oil pressure guage just quit again!
I'm going with the real thing now.
Drock96Marquis
04-06-2007, 08:18 PM
Yeah, I know that route.
I might need to add in here that I do this sort of stuff... Well, a lot. LOL
My question is about the specific one in the pic above that has rubber on both sides of it with hose clamps attaching it to the tee. How is that particular one grounded?
Thanks
Darrin
Not pictured is the ground wire that goes from the sensor body to a nearbly body ground point ;) Jarod forgot to hook that up at first, and when he snapped the pic - but put it on afterwards to make it functional.
FordNut
04-06-2007, 08:19 PM
My electric sending unit on my autometer oil pressure guage just quit again!
I'm going with the real thing now.
I'm on my third one. I'll hit 100k next week.
DEFYANT
04-06-2007, 08:40 PM
I'm on my third one. I'll hit 100k next week.
If Autometer sends me another sending unit free, I'll leave it. I cut open the last worn out sender. I wish they'd get into the 21st centry already :rolleyes:
Drock96Marquis
04-06-2007, 09:00 PM
If Autometer sends me another sending unit free, I'll leave it. I cut open the last worn out sender. I wish they'd get into the 21st centry already :rolleyes:
You can probably find a higher quality sender compatible with the Autometer gauge from VDO, Nordskog, etc.
MENINBLK
04-06-2007, 09:23 PM
has anybody else done this and what gauge did you use
Autometer Ultra Lite Gauge and the Autometer Trans Oil Temp MANIFOLD for the line.
Does anyone ask before jury rigging up something of their pwn ???
Eric91Z
04-07-2007, 05:37 AM
Sorry to hi-jack, but what is the difference between the UL and UL II?
I plan on replacing the stock OP and Volt gauges with real, matching gauges and adding the tranny temp gauge where the lighter is. Just wondering which to go with?
I figure the tranny temp gauge would be good to do at the same time the new FRPP tranny cooler goes in.
magindat
04-07-2007, 06:12 AM
See the thread on Aeroforce Tech Scangauge!!!!
RF Overlord
04-07-2007, 03:33 PM
what is the difference between the UL and UL II?The UL have perimeter lighting using an incandescent bulb. The UL II gauges are back-lit using an LED. Both look exactly the same in daylight, but at night, the face of the UL II appears to change from light to dark, just like the dashboard instrumentation, and it's MUCH easier to read than the UL. It's also easier to install, using spade lugs instead of the stud-and-nut used by the UL.
sd8683
01-14-2009, 08:46 PM
I know... it's an old thread, but I can't find the part#'s for the ultraliteII's
I'm looking for the "functional" oil pressure guage, volts guage and a trans temp guage. I f you guys could hook me up with the #'s it would be great.
Sean
RF Overlord
01-14-2009, 08:52 PM
Right here (http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugelist.aspx?sid=61&opid=2&szid=2).
sd8683
01-14-2009, 10:30 PM
Thank you much!! Wish I would have thought of going directly to their site!! DUH:)
Joe Walsh
01-15-2009, 02:45 PM
Autometer Ultralite. The one that looks similar to the factory. I will replace it soon with the UltraLite II one. I dont like how this one is so hard to read at night.
Thank You!
I just thought that I was going blind due to advancing age!
My Ultralite gauges are hard to read at night, even with the brightness adjusted all the way up.
The UL have perimeter lighting using an incandescent bulb. The UL II gauges are back-lit using an LED. Both look exactly the same in daylight, but at night, the face of the UL II appears to change from light to dark, just like the dashboard instrumentation, and it's MUCH easier to read than the UL. It's also easier to install, using spade lugs instead of the stud-and-nut used by the UL.
Crap!
That figures! The Ultalite II were not available when I bought my gauges.
My Ultralite gauges look great during the day, but at night they are the 'reverse' of the OEM gauges.
Oh well....I'll add that to the list of mods that I can't afford.
BTW: While driving around in today's cold weather my transmission temperature barely got above 100 degrees either before or after the coolers.
ctrlraven
01-15-2009, 03:00 PM
That isn't good is it, not having the trans warm up to the right temp?
Joe Walsh
01-15-2009, 03:06 PM
That isn't good is it, not having the trans warm up to the right temp?
I was wondering the same thing...but it shifted perfectly and ran like a top...ask the guy in the M3 on the BW Pkwy....:D
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