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Old 04-08-2009, 04:10 PM
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Yeah, each gauge comes with a harness. You'll need some 18 gauge wire for power, ground and light, but the signal wires to the sensor are provided.
 
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Originally Posted by cartmanea
Yeah, each gauge comes with a harness. You'll need some 18 gauge wire for power, ground and light, but the signal wires to the sensor are provided.
Did you use any sort of potentiometer for dimming? Or are the gauges not to over bearing at night?
 
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They connect to the dash lighting circuit and dim with the dash lights.
 
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Originally Posted by cartmanea
They connect to the dash lighting circuit and dim with the dash lights.
Well i understand that they can but a lot of times people install a seperate dimmer because dimming the gauges with the factory dash will make the gauges just right but the factory too dim etc... But your saying the factory dimmer worked just fine with those gauges?
 
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The Isspro I installed had a bulb cover and they are the same as my factory for brightness and color.
 
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Old 04-08-2009, 06:04 PM
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I like the important items at eye level so I do not look down for a sec on the track. I like Cartmanea's idea for the fuel pressure but I think I will ditch my post turbo and stick it their. Sorry I wasn't trying to butt in on your thread....


 
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The Isspro I installed had a bulb cover and they are the same as my factory for brightness and color.
Where did you get your ISSPRO's?
 
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Old 04-08-2009, 06:25 PM
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The analog EV1 gauges used a bulb and colored cover, the EV2 and Performax gauges use a colored LED for lighting and match really well.
 
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Old 04-08-2009, 06:30 PM
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Where did you get your ISSPRO's?
I got mine a few years ago from DieselManor, they offered a complete installation kit. I hate to run wire
 
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Old 04-08-2009, 10:37 PM
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when you drilled the hole in your exhaust manifold did you remove the shavings if so how also you surely threaded the hole or did you just weld it in?
 
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Not many shavings, cast turns to mostly dust when you drill it. I used a magnet, vacuum, and a greasy q-tip to clean it out but didn't get much of anything. Tapped it with a 1/8" NPT tap.
 
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Old 04-09-2009, 01:26 AM
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Good job. Very clean. Looks like the gauges were meant to be there.
 
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How do you drill the exhaust manifold for egt without getting shavings into the turbo?
 
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Start small and work up 1-2 bit sizes at a time. Cast iron turns to mostly dust when its drilled, so there isn't much danger. Don't use any oil or grease when drilling, when you're done, vacuum the hole out. I also used a magnet and a q-tip with grease on it to get all the little bits from inside, but its not necessary.
 
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Very nice install. subscribing for future reference.
 


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