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Yeah, it's a little worrysome for me too. But I like the idea of getting a true reading. I ran it in my '78 T-Bird for 5 years without any worries. Who knows, I may not change a thing. There is a lot of beer to drink out there, and I plan on conquering that, one-at-a-time!
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No, I have the AM replacements and they are full electric. I'm going to call Jeg's this morning to see what they have to say. It probably is the sensor, but I would vastly prefer to have a faulty gage, (it's much easier to swap that out and I don't have to get dirty).
P.S. If you need any help with all that beer, let me know; I'll be glad to lend you a hand!
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73 is the best number.
So nate, you're saying that the needle on the gauge is stuck at the right-hand side all the time, or that when you turn the key on, it moves to the right and stays there? If it's the former, then the gauge unit is bad, but I would have thought you'd see that before installing it. If it's the latter scenario, then it does sound like a bad sender...try unhooking the white/pink wire either at the sender or at the back of the gauge...if the needle goes back down, then the sender is most likely bad. AutoMeter is usually very good with customer service...
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Originally Posted by natedog1284
No, I have the AM replacements and they are full electric. I'm going to call Jeg's this morning to see what they have to say. It probably is the sensor, but I would vastly prefer to have a faulty gage, (it's much easier to swap that out and I don't have to get dirty
P.S. If you need any help with all that beer, let me know; I'll be glad to lend you a hand!
I can always use assistance in drinking beer, as I make my own as well.... There are too many out there for one person to handle. But like they say, "divide and conquer".
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Yes, the latter is the case. I have already ordered a new sending unit, which I hopefully will be installing tomorrow. BTW Wes, your write-up was awesome. I actually had my laptop out in the car so I could reference it easier!Everything went in fine; I did it while was changing the oil. And FYI, for anyone who hasn't done this, I did mine with the car on ramps, and it was very easy to get to. But when I stripped the end of the wire coming from the old sender, I just disconnected the other plug that was also in the same wire loom and brought the wire up through engine compartment so I didn't have to crimp the plug or attach it to the new sender while lying on my back. Of course if you have a lift, you won't have to worry about that. Also, given my position, I took off the plastic guard that's attached to the bottom of the radiator just to give my arms a little more room. Very easy swap overall; it took me about half an hour. It just goes to figure that the only reason I did the swap was to have a real oil pressure reading, and now I don't even have that. *sigh* Oh well, hopefully all will be well tomorrow. I'll keep you updated.
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For all of the replies... I see the pic's i needed in the reviews section.
BTW Wes great writeup! thankx again
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every newer ford vehicle I have owned with a guage, was really a "light". on one of my powerstrokes I bypassed the voltage reducer on the guage pod, and replaced the sender with a unit for a guage, then the factory "guage" worked as it should.
would this work on these guages?
73 is the best number.
No. That work-around is only for the Ford gauges that are in the instrument panel. The AutoMeter gauges in the MM were designed to Ford's spec and will not work with the standard AutoMeter sender. Well, it'll work (sort of), but you have to replace both the sender and the gauge unit to get it to read correctly.
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ok, I have ultralites at work, so a swap is within easy reach. I looked quickly at the ones at work, I couldnt see a difference in the ford ones, except the name of the town across the bottom.
why change the face?
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The photos from the original post seem to be gone. Anyone know where they might be?
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Originally posted by TripleTransAm
An interesting side note: this isn't the same forum I used to post on for years, and I've been doing a lot of reading over the past 48 hours on both sites. Looks like there's been a serious splintering. I never thought it'd be possible for this to happen to a group of owners of a car model that sold no more than 14000 copies over 2 model years. Kind of scary, when thinking of the scale. Makes one think that maybe it'd be a good idea to do some introspection and think about what each of us needs to do to build a solid community, analyze what it is we're all honestly looking for by belonging to this community.
73 is the best number.
The OEM Ford gauges are back-lit. The aftermarket AutoMeter ones have perimeter lighting and are not as easy to ready at night. The UltraLite II gauges are LED back-lit and more closely emulate the instrument panel.
RC, Logan did an "upgrade" a few years ago and a lot of the older pix were lost. I believe they're in cyberspace now...
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I found the photos I used when I wrote the original guage conversion. I will try and upload them again..
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Originally posted by TripleTransAm
An interesting side note: this isn't the same forum I used to post on for years, and I've been doing a lot of reading over the past 48 hours on both sites. Looks like there's been a serious splintering. I never thought it'd be possible for this to happen to a group of owners of a car model that sold no more than 14000 copies over 2 model years. Kind of scary, when thinking of the scale. Makes one think that maybe it'd be a good idea to do some introspection and think about what each of us needs to do to build a solid community, analyze what it is we're all honestly looking for by belonging to this community.
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