Guages re-wire question
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Guages re-wire question
I am about 4 years into this project and about 75% complete. Hopefully this 68 F-100 truck will be on the road!
I am hooking up the Auto Meter guages to the Painless wiring kit. My question is two-fold:
1. For the guages, can I wire the grounds together to go into a common wire going to a good ground, or should I run seperate wires to a "ground block"?
2. If I can get the wires hooked together, what is the best fashion? There are 3-way connectors, and then there could be the ability to solder 3-4 wires together and heat shrink over it. I found that in doing a few with the 3-way connector, I couldn't get the wires tight enough- there was a little play in the connector.
I do appreciate all comments and ideas!
I am hooking up the Auto Meter guages to the Painless wiring kit. My question is two-fold:
1. For the guages, can I wire the grounds together to go into a common wire going to a good ground, or should I run seperate wires to a "ground block"?
2. If I can get the wires hooked together, what is the best fashion? There are 3-way connectors, and then there could be the ability to solder 3-4 wires together and heat shrink over it. I found that in doing a few with the 3-way connector, I couldn't get the wires tight enough- there was a little play in the connector.
I do appreciate all comments and ideas!
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From: Bowling Green, Ohio
Guages re-wire question
I've always hooked the ground wires together and run them to a ground wire. I don't see any reason to run a separate wire for each ground. I like to solder them and cover with heat-shrink.
Ohio Bill
1972 F100 360 4v 4 speed
1968 Torino GT 429 4v 5 speed
Ohio Bill
1972 F100 360 4v 4 speed
1968 Torino GT 429 4v 5 speed
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From: Newton Illinois
Guages re-wire question
I assume that these are analog gauges if they are dont you hook one terminal of the gauge to + 12 volt and the other hooks to the sending unit.Wich grounds the gauge through the sender.
Larry
Larry
