Gauges
Fleet Owner
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I agree on the temp, but I just hate the idea of cheap rubber getting hard and leaking. I have seen some LOW quality Buna N.
I have used Grainger quite a bit in the past on some specialty things - now it comes up first in my searches for fittings and such.
I have used Grainger quite a bit in the past on some specialty things - now it comes up first in my searches for fittings and such.
Hotshot
Joined: Dec 2014
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From: Jersey Shore
I've bought a ton of stuff from them, for work and personal. At work, I had more purchase orders at Grainger than at McMaster. There is a Grainger 7 minutes from where I live. McMaster 20 minutes down the highway. Four minutes a Tractor Supply. XDP 10 minutes. Nine Ford dealers in a 20min radius. I have access!
But I've been shopping Zoro for the past 18 months rather than Grainger; it works out cheaper.
Agreed with the soft product quality. There's a Parker hydraulics across from XDP. It's where I get most of my hydraulic fittings and hose.
But I've been shopping Zoro for the past 18 months rather than Grainger; it works out cheaper.
Agreed with the soft product quality. There's a Parker hydraulics across from XDP. It's where I get most of my hydraulic fittings and hose.
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Laughing Gas
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: Linden, Ca.
So..... EGT monitoring. I know ideally it would be best to use two gauges, one for each bank into the exhaust manifold. What would the temp drop be if I used one immediately behind the turbo on the down pipe? 200 degrees? B.
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From: Foothills, CA
If you pull heavy, EGT is a good idea...
Good luck!
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Laughing Gas
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: Linden, Ca.
I never pull heavy. Just a small dump trailer from time to time. But, that may change in the future. I have a tractor and will be getting a trailer in a year. I am thinking for doing mowing jobs for us country folks. So total weight will be in the neighborhood of 8k.
I want to add instrumentation to help me monitor the engines health to prevent a total rebuild like I am going through right now. BUT, I don't want my dash to look like it's something I grafted out of an F-16. I know, I know, get an SCT or something similar. Not for me, sorry. So I think a generic four gauge pod on the dash and a single "A" pillar pod under the driver's handle will give me the combination of gauges I am thinking of. Sound about right? B.
I want to add instrumentation to help me monitor the engines health to prevent a total rebuild like I am going through right now. BUT, I don't want my dash to look like it's something I grafted out of an F-16. I know, I know, get an SCT or something similar. Not for me, sorry. So I think a generic four gauge pod on the dash and a single "A" pillar pod under the driver's handle will give me the combination of gauges I am thinking of. Sound about right? B.
Lead Driver
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Foothills, CA
I never pull heavy. Just a small dump trailer from time to time. But, that may change in the future. I have a tractor and will be getting a trailer in a year. I am thinking for doing mowing jobs for us country folks. So total weight will be in the neighborhood of 8k.
I want to add instrumentation to help me monitor the engines health to prevent a total rebuild like I am going through right now. BUT, I don't want my dash to look like it's something I grafted out of an F-16. I know, I know, get an SCT or something similar. Not for me, sorry. So I think a generic four gauge pod on the dash and a single "A" pillar pod under the driver's handle will give me the combination of gauges I am thinking of. Sound about right? B.
I want to add instrumentation to help me monitor the engines health to prevent a total rebuild like I am going through right now. BUT, I don't want my dash to look like it's something I grafted out of an F-16. I know, I know, get an SCT or something similar. Not for me, sorry. So I think a generic four gauge pod on the dash and a single "A" pillar pod under the driver's handle will give me the combination of gauges I am thinking of. Sound about right? B.
I like your idea of the single probe in the combined exhaust stream - if you can get an answer as to how that relates to manifold temps, well you have something really useful there...
Carry on!
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Hotshot
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From: Jersey Shore
I can't answer your Q, but I can relate what happened to a friend and former 6.0 owner - he tows pretty heavy (just below max gcvwr) and had an EGT probe in one exhaust bank. Unfortunately on a long uphill pull he lost an injector on the Other set of cylinders and bottom line he melted the piston from the over fueling on that side. Even watching the combined exhaust stream temp would likely have saved his engine/truck as he had flames coming out the tail pipe by the time he pulled over...
If you pull heavy, EGT is a good idea...
Good luck!
If you pull heavy, EGT is a good idea...
Good luck!
And that story is why I decided to put two thermocouples in at each of the exhaust manifolds. My concern was not about excessing pull temps, but to tell when an injector would cause a nuclear reaction in a cylinder; to avoid the "it's only 25 miles to my house" catastrophe.
Cargo Master
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From: Fort Worth, TX
I really like that transducer in the Degause bottle there Jack. Do you know if that poster used a bulkhead fitting there? I prolly need to search for that poster. I see the single "A" pillar pod from GlowShift as well. Combined with the three gauge dash pod would give four gauges. Definitely something to mull over. Good ideas guys. Thanks. B.
It would be my preference for someone to sell an aluminum degas bottle with a 1/8" NPT lug there for the sensor.
Cargo Master
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From: Fort Worth, TX
I guess on the XPD version you could screw the sensor into the passenger side port if you're going with the coolant re-route mod. And it isn't shiny so that should make Jack happy.
