i just baught some gauges one is a boost auto meter phantom II and the other is the same brand but oil presure, is there a adapter or something that plugs into these to make it easier to instal and hook up or are these hard to hook up at all eve?
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03-26-2009
i just baught some gauges one is a boost auto meter phantom II and the other is the same brand but oil presure, is there a adapter or something that plugs into these to make it easier to instal and hook up or are these hard to hook up at all eve?
03-26-2009
Nope, easy as pie. electric or mechanic oil pressure gauge?
vacuum all you need is a "T" and some vacuum line.
03-26-2009
ok cool, he said that the boost gauge come with the tubing and everything you need to instal it but he never hooked up the oil pressure. bubt it is a mechanic one, it is the one with a needle not digital or anything lol
03-27-2009
i bet you money the oil pressure is digital. unless you run an oil line to it (bad idea to have that in the cabin if you ever develop a leak) all you do is run a wire from the oil pressure sender that you have to install in place of the low oil light sending unit.
03-27-2009
well if you mean digital as in a bunch of little lights it not, the background lights up and there is a neon orange needle that goes up and down lol
03-27-2009
no, digital as in you dont need to run an oil line to it. that is what is meant by digital.
03-27-2009
there are no digital gauges, they either read mechanically or electronically.
I do not like the electric oil pressure sending units, ive never had luck with them, I have always run an oil line into the cockpit, if you use the right fittings, you dont have to worry about leaks.
03-27-2009
meh, digital, electrical. who cares?
i have an electrical one and it does me well.
03-27-2009
Ill correct myself now before the even pickier ride my ass. There are no digital signals on guages.
If you use copper line NOT NYLON with copper ferrels** and nut it wont ever leak, I always put some good old petroleum jelly once I tighten the copper down, oil cant penetrate it so it wont leak.
D, what gauges did you get? colors?
These were in my last cockpit, my mino.
VDO pro cockpit series.
AM Pro Comp liquid filled water temp
AM Phantom boost gauge, Thats a 5900 rpm reading on the vacuum gauge, looks like 3 psi on an N/A motor.....hmmm
Also the Pro Comp 10K rpm Tach Pillar mounted.
I eventually made the gauge panels out of brushed sheet aluminum, still had the quick access on the old radio/hvac control area (gold panel).
Last edited by WhiteDevil; 03-27-2009 at 09:21 PM.
03-27-2009
i got the phantom II auto meter gauges with the white face and silver rim on them, i dont know what come bulb is in them but im gunna put red but my boost gauge is diff from that one, the numberes are diff on it. and does anyone have a pic of these oil gauges you guys are talking abotu cause im lost on what you guys are saying lol
03-27-2009
nice set up you got there by the wayOriginally Posted by WhiteDevil
Ill correct myself now before the even pickier ride my ass. There are no digital signals on guages.
If you use copper line NOT NYLON with copper ferrels** and nut it wont ever leak, I always put some good old petroleum jelly once I tighten the copper down, oil cant penetrate it so it wont leak.
D, what gauges did you get? colors?
These were in my last cockpit, my mino.
VDO pro cockpit series.
AM Pro Comp liquid filled water temp
AM Phantom boost gauge, Thats a 5900 rpm reading on the vacuum gauge, looks like 3 psi on an N/A motor.....hmmm
Also the Pro Comp 10K rpm Tach Pillar mounted.
I eventually made the gauge panels out of brushed sheet aluminum, still had the quick access on the old radio/hvac control area (gold panel).
03-28-2009
Take a pic of the backside of the guage, it will either have nothing but electrical studs/spades or it will have a small diameter threaded section thats gold in color.
03-28-2009
The oil gauge is mechanical I know cuz Im the one that sold him it lol. So this thread is useless as any questions could have easily been pm'd to me. I also told him in a pm I would be more then happy to help with the install. Geesh
03-28-2009
Very true but it is what it is.
Did you use nylon or copper sending line?
03-28-2009
money w sent out yesterday lol how long does shipping usually take to get from indiana to canada do you know by any chance?
03-28-2009
It shouldnt take no more then a couple days ups. Like I said before, I will provide you with a tracking number as soon as payment is received.
03-28-2009
ok cool, thanks. can you send pics of them and what color is the lighting on them?
03-29-2009
^^^ what, are you gonna cut out the pics and tape em to your dash?
03-29-2009
03-29-2009
ya i was thinkin about it lol no just wanted to show a friend of mine what they look like and what color are they?
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