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Apr 21, 2007 | 07:20 PM

reefman

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Gauge mounting options

Does anyone make a setup to mount the gauges in(for a lack of better terms?)the driver side glove compartment? Or have any of you made something to make them fit? I'm thinking of using digital gauges so they're easier to read at a glance. I like this option because when I don't need em, I don't have to see em and it's just cleaner. I'm not yet running a tuner, but I do pull a travel trailer and would like to keep an eye on the egt.

I'm thinking of a metal bracket cut to fit and screwed into place with probably 2 gauges(egt and..? oil, tranny, any thoughts on this as well?). If you've got something similar, lets see it! Thanks.

Apr 21, 2007 | 07:45 PM

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These are your best options, but you could easily make a flat holder.
http://www.autometer.com/cat_mounts.aspx?mid=3

Here are some premade 1/2/3 guage holders that should do
http://www.autometer.com/cat_mounts.aspx?sid=50

Apr 21, 2007 | 07:56 PM

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Help the mentally retarded. I have an 05' and don't know what a driver side glove compartment is. There is one in front of the pasenger.

Apr 22, 2007 | 11:03 AM

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On the right hand side, next to your knee is a little compartment that opens and closes. Not quite a glove box, but a storage compartment. I don't use it for anything else and keep thinking this would be a nice place for a clean install.

Apr 22, 2007 | 02:04 PM

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They did and do make pods for that area, but that was before ford made them into the semi-glove boxes that they are. Gauge works makes pods for that exact location, dual or triple pods, but I think 05 and later 6.0l that had the drive side glove box can't use them, because of the little mods that ford did to make it a functional glove box.

Apr 22, 2007 | 03:55 PM

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Yeh, I've got an '06 and I can't seem to find any on my searches. I think I'll probably just do it myself, shouldn't be hard to do.

Any input on which gauges to run? Definetly want an egt, but not sure what else. It already has boost(probably not dead-on, but good enough for what I'm doing), so not sure if I should do tranny, oil?, what?

Apr 22, 2007 | 04:02 PM

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I had done six: egt, tranny, boost(going to run an aftermarket, otherwise your right the factory is actually good), oil pressure, water temp., and volts. As far as ones that would really be beneficial: egt, tranny(if you have an auto), and I would actually say water temp.. Those would be my first three. I had thought about doing intake temp in there as well, but that is getting way to specialized and probably overkill, but still has it's function when hauling.