should i buy

gamecubedave000 · October 21, 2006, 12:37am

i was at o’ rileys today and saw a fuel gauge and a water guage for 34 bucks each and wondering if installation was easy because it has wires :-o and im only 16 and retarded at electrical stuff so where does it plug in anyways (or wrap cause i got ducktape )?

thanks

(srry for all the nobbish questions i posted :roll:)

Ironmark · October 21, 2006, 1:34am

1st…using ducttape your going to set your car on fire. Use electrical tape.

2nd… not sure of the wires, maybe some of the other people know what wires to use.

Darth_Maverick · October 21, 2006, 5:40am

This should be interesting. I have a few gauges that I have NO idea how to hook up.

gamecubedave000 · October 21, 2006, 2:10pm

oh i see

may be someone can help us set up gauges

PS: ducktape owns joo :lol:jk

Darth_Maverick · October 21, 2006, 4:42pm

Duct tape is the force. It has a light side and a dark side and it binds the galaxy together.

lol, I = geek.

mirrorguardian · October 21, 2006, 10:26pm

Just wondering why you need 2 fuel guages?

gamecubedave000 · October 22, 2006, 4:30pm

no ones a fuel gauge and ones a water temp gauge

do you know where they plug in? :?

mirrorguardian · October 22, 2006, 6:07pm

No…I mean, your car came stock with a fuel guage. Why would you need 2?.

Jayco_Automotive · October 22, 2006, 7:10pm

im sure he means a water temp guage and a fuel pressure guage

gamecubedave000 · October 23, 2006, 9:57pm

i dunno they look soooo coooool! and when its dark they have a orange display and it will look pimp :mrgreen:

so you know where to hook them up at???

mirrorguardian · October 23, 2006, 10:40pm

I don’t know exactly. But one of the wires will be to the battery for power, one proabably to the ignition so it doesn’t run all day. Then 2 will be spliced into the wires that carry the signal for how much fuel you have. Then there might be one for a ground.

There may be fewer wires, but it depends on how much the guage draws.

Darth_Maverick · October 23, 2006, 11:04pm

The APC gauges don’t come with instructions. :x Rater upset at that cuz I bought 3, volt, oil temp, and air quality. Then three months pass and NONE of them tell me how to wire em up.

Ironmark · October 24, 2006, 7:07am

Volt meter should be easy… 3 wires right? + from alternator, -from alternator and a ground. if im wrong please correct me, We wouldnt want to see nova go nova.

Darth_Maverick · October 24, 2006, 7:58am

I think that would work. There is also an inverter for the backlight. The volt meter is the simplest of them thou.

gamecubedave000 · October 24, 2006, 9:25pm

you think the guy at oh rileys can hook it up for a small fee? :roll:

Beodude123 · October 31, 2006, 7:11pm

If you aren’t doing anything special with it, I would go without the guages… That’s just my opinion though. I thought fuel pressure guages needed to be in the engine bay? Maybe not.

Darth_Maverick · October 31, 2006, 8:52pm

But they look spiffy!

Ironmark · November 1, 2006, 2:54am

I would assume the sensor would have to be in the engine bay, but the read out could be in the cockpit as long as it doesnt have pressure line going to it(?).