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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 08:11 PM
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i was just wondering where is the best place to put the pickup for a manual temperature gauge on the 6.9 ?
 
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 08:14 PM
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i forgot to mention, i would like to keep the factory guage if i could.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 10:39 PM
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Look at the heater hose coming off the passenger side head.
You can go in the same port on the drivers side head after you remove the plug.
 
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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thanks dave for the responce, i kind of figured that would be the best place to locate it. i looked at the plug last night, just wanted to make sure. thanks again dave.
 
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 08:35 PM
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Just fasten the lead to the temp gauge so it don't get into the steering column.
There is also a plug in the rear of the passenger side head that would work.

My stock gauge was so far off, I just removed the stock sending unit and installed mine there. I also added a mechanical gauge for oil pressure, removed the stock sending unit there as well. My amp meter has not moved in 20 years, so it was replaced with a volt gauge.
I can see a custom dash with all mechanical gauges is in my future.
The speedo, tach and fuel gauge is all I still use in my stock cluster.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 05:55 PM
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thanks dave for the responce. yes all of my gauges act like they're crazy, im going to start with the temp and end with the volt. thanks for the help.
 
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