Feedback conversion question
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Feedback conversion question
Hello, all. Well, I've been running my old Feedback '85 I6 as a daily now and it has done well. But the wiring is in pretty sad shape, and the PO ran it with no oil, so she has a load of blowby .. it has been holding up well the last 22k miles I've put on it, but if I'm going to put a new engine in this truck, I suppose it would be nice to clean up under the hood. As such, I've decided I'm going to convert to DS-II and a regular old YFA carb. Also probably a 1 wire or 3g alt, but that's another topic. Get everything working before I do the motor swap. However, in looking at my wiring, it seems to me my oil pressure and temp sender wires are running in to the computer? While my gauges don't tell my much of anything useful, as I've added mechanical gauges under the dash as a precaution .. I'd rather they still were functional. It just wouldn't look right if they weren't. So here's my question. If I do away with the entire computer, how might I go about getting the stock gauges back into working order? I seem to remember reading about this in the past on this forum, but I can't seem to find it anymore.
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I just not know 100% on the 4 wires but I would say that is right also basted on my 81.
All the wires come in on that side other than the power into the cab and AC wiring that comes in on the other side.
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Hello, all. Well, I've been running my old Feedback '85 I6 as a daily now and it has done well. But the wiring is in pretty sad shape, and the PO ran it with no oil, so she has a load of blowby .. it has been holding up well the last 22k miles I've put on it, but if I'm going to put a new engine in this truck, I suppose it would be nice to clean up under the hood. As such, I've decided I'm going to convert to DS-II and a regular old YFA carb. Also probably a 1 wire or 3g alt, but that's another topic. Get everything working before I do the motor swap. However, in looking at my wiring, it seems to me my oil pressure and temp sender wires are running in to the computer? While my gauges don't tell my much of anything useful, as I've added mechanical gauges under the dash as a precaution .. I'd rather they still were functional. It just wouldn't look right if they weren't. So here's my question. If I do away with the entire computer, how might I go about getting the stock gauges back into working order? I seem to remember reading about this in the past on this forum, but I can't seem to find it anymore.
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