? about some guages for my 76 GMC
 

Im tryin to install some guages, into the dash of my pu. The guages are oil pressure, volt, and water temp, from Sunpro. The guages cost around $20. bucks each, and only the volt guage came with those little rubber groments in the U-bracket whare the two studs come thru for the + and - wires. The other two guages dont have the rubber grauments in the U- bracket, but the picture in the direction pamplet show that there should be some on the U-bracket. Will it matter since its the oil, and water guages? Painless sent me a sheet on how to wire up all the guages, because i dont plan on useing the old speedo cluster, and this sheet shows that one of the wires thats used the send the power to the guages, goes to each guage, and then you ground the guages. My ? is since theres no rubber groments on the U-brackets for the oil, and water guages, will those to short out when the power is put to them? Or does this meen that Sunpro makes a el-cheepo guage for $20 bucks? :confused:

If anything I would think the rubber grommets are for vibration. You won't have to worry about the gauges shorting out unless the '+' or 'S' terminal are touching something metal.

Thats what the ? was all about. The U-bracket is metal, and the two studs that the + and - wires bolt to, go thru the U-bracket, and they touch metal at the same time. :confused:

i would eather go to a hardware store, parts house, or evan a buddies shop that may have some old gauges laying aroun that you could get the grommets from or even black tape a little more protection on the wire to keep the metal bracket from cutting insulation and shorting out that shrink tape tubes stuff is reallt cool also

Is this on a mechanical or electric gauge. If they oil and water are mechanical, you don't need anything but the bracket.