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Aug 6, 2001 | 04:02 PM

rusty68

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stupid gauge question

okay- bear with me, i'm mostly clueless.

i recently wired up a cluster of auto-meter gauges. oil pressure, water temp, and voltmeter. (all electrical gauges) they work great, and look sharp.

my question is...

can i hook the stock water temp gauge and oil pressure idiot light up to the auto-meter sensors? i hate seeing my poor stock water temp needle just sitting there, doing nothing.

thanks,
sam

Aug 6, 2001 | 04:15 PM

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stupid gauge question

possibly, you have to lose by trying just hook it up and get it to temp and see if it reads anything

Aug 6, 2001 | 07:35 PM

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It may be possible for your Ford guages to work with the Autometer senders, but you will never be able to share a sender with two guages. The reading would not be accurate because one guage would be trying to read a resistance at the sender while at the same time recieving a signal from the other guage that is also trying to read a resistance. The only way to safely and accurately have both guages working is to have a sender for each guage. Not a big deal for oil pressure, just add a tee. But for water temp, you will have to find a second location. Not sure what engine you have, but the fitting on top of a 390's manifold that goes to the heater core would be a good place to drill & tap for the size of threads the sender has.