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What gauges are you running and how did you tie them in? All I need/Am gonna run is oil pressure and a water temp gauge. Any help appreciated... :dblthumb:
 
the oil pressure gauge on my current rig is the factory cluster, but pretty sure it is getting the feed for it from the ECM. The water temp was the same way, but it didnt work right. I put the sender for the new gauge on the passenger head, but you have to use a metric to standard adapter for the sender to thread into. I am using all autometer electric gauges on the new build, just cant comment on those yet.

Brian
 
I drilled and tapped the factory plug in the passenger head for water temp.
Wide Open Design sells an adapter to add an oil accumulator to the factory pan and it can be used to tie in an oil pressure sending unit.

I have Autometer on my rigs and have never had an issue with the gauges.
 
crawlin85cj said:
I drilled and tapped the factory plug in the passenger head for water temp.
Wide Open Design sells an adapter to add an oil accumulator to the factory pan and it can be used to tie in an oil pressure sending unit.

I have Autometer on my rigs and have never had an issue with the gauges.
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Mostly what he said but I just removed the plug as said above and got the metric/standard adapter for water. I use the WOD adapter for accumulator/oil pressure all electric gauges no issues.

If you arent going to run accumulator then I just broke off the factory oil pressure sender and drilled and tapped it for a mechanical gauge. Run it that way for almost two years in old buggy never an issue.
 
I don't actually run the WOD accumulator adapter. I use Kevko pans and run the sending unit in the remote oil filter housing.
 
civicmindedex79 said:
Mostly what he said but I just removed the plug as said above and got the metric/standard adapter for water.
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Remember what size that adapter is?

I really don't have room for an accumulator and won't be running one. Can I just tap into the wire running to the ECM, to an electric gauge to get the pressure reading?

Thanks for the help...All this is new to me. My harness is getting cut now. I can get the guy to point out any wires I need to tap into.
 
Draco said:
Remember what size that adapter is?

I really don't have room for an accumulator and won't be running one. Can I just tap into the wire running to the ECM, to an electric gauge to get the pressure reading?

Thanks for the help...All this is new to me. My harness is getting cut now. I can get the guy to point out any wires I need to tap into.
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As far as I can remeber this is it 1/8" NPT to M12 x 1.5

Autometer part # 2277

http://www.summitracing.com/search/?keyword=autometer%202277&dds=1

I have also heard Oreillys is carrying these in stock but hadn't seen them in the Muscle Shoals hub store so might want to call.
From what I have read you can't use the signal from the computer the signal isn't right but would be interested to know if you can. I run my intake backwards anyway and prob couldn't clear anything in the factory spot.
 
for oil I knock the top off the original oil sender grind off the lip and drill and tap 1/8 npt. For temp I pull the plug out the passenger head and drill 9/16 and tap 3/8 npt.
 
My water temperature sensor is tapped into the thermostat housing where the factory heater hoses would go. Stolen picture below..... One hole is plugged, the other has the sensor. I think I read somewhere you just heat these fitting up and they pull right out. Then tap the hole 1/2" NPT.

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