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Pictures of gauges installed in engine compartment.
I'm thinking of installing an oil pressure & water temp gauge in my engine compartment. The reason is I only have idiot lights now, and plan on upgrading later & I really need to watch them during my engine break in.
I'm not too crazy abut running the wires to get them mounted inside. So anyone have pictures of how you mounted them? Thanks, s/t PS I'm open to other ideas if you have any. ![]()
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Re: Pictures of gauges installed in engine compartment.
I here ya Sport. I don't have pics but I bought a cheap trio and screwed them to a piece of wood and hung it from the top of the firewall to watch during my breakin. Worked like a charm.
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Re: Pictures of gauges installed in engine compartment.
I installed a water temp gauge from Mooneyes. It comes with the thermostat housing. I was having cooling issues and that gave me a backup reading, plus I love the way it looks...
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Re: Pictures of gauges installed in engine compartment.
Thanks! Anyone else running gauges in the engine bay?
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Re: Pictures of gauges installed in engine compartment.
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Re: Pictures of gauges installed in engine compartment.
That's a neat old hot rod thing to do. They would mount the water temp in the firewall. I guess they spent so much time working and tuning their flatheads, they just moved them so they could see while tinkering.
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Re: Pictures of gauges installed in engine compartment.
Cool any others?
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Re: Pictures of gauges installed in engine compartment.
Honestly I don't know, it was on when I bought the truck. The truck is a '70 with a 350, I assumed it was stock.
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