aftermarket gauges not working
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aftermarket gauges not working
well as you can see i intalled some aftermarket gauges. temp and fuel but they dont seem to be working, or at least i cant get them to work and they are brand new. anybody know how to properly wire in the fuel to the sending wire and the temp to the engine temp somehow?
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Your answer is telling me you just spliced into the factory wiring and are trying to use the factory sending units. This will not work. Probably when they said it was for a Ford, that was the pillar mount. Didn't the gauges come with sending units and adapters to hook them up(the temp gauge)? The fuel gauge probably didn't come with the sending unit, and that will have to be bought separately and installed in the tank. When you install the sending units, do not use teflon tape(that's what the other poster was talking about).
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no it was the gauges. i got the pillar mount from xtremedeiselperformance.com. the instructions told me to splice into the factory harness but didnt say where. so i just wired it into the harness that goes to the gauge cluster. i know i am not an electricion, im more mechanical. i asked a guy at a shop but he wanted 500 bucks to install them. where is the sending unit and how do i check the ohms?
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Hmmmmmmm...........if the gauge instructions don't say how to wire them, they didn't come with sending units/adapters, and their customer service can't help then I'd say you're SOL. Is there a brand name on the gauge faces or cases? Unless your factory gas tank gauge isn't working, I'd put a voltmeter or oil pressure gauge in there; with the proper sending unit, of course.
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