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dmoney01

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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?
 


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
 
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.
 
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
 


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.
 
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.

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VDO pro cockpit series.

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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).
 
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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
 
WhiteDevil said:
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.

fc797ed6.jpg

VDO pro cockpit series.

171-7173_img.jpg

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).
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nice set up you got there by the way
 


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.
 
WhiteDevil said:
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.
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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
 
ROTTMAN said:
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
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money w sent out yesterday lol how long does shipping usually take to get from indiana to canada do you know by any chance?
 
dmoney01 said:
money w sent out yesterday lol how long does shipping usually take to get from indiana to canada do you know by any chance?
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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.
 


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