Help with Temp Gauge Wiring

[JGross]

I'm replacing the temp gauge in my 65 C10 and I did not pay attentions to the blade connector orentation before I took the old gauge out. Would someone look at the back of their gauge cluster and let me know which of the wires (Dark Green or Pink) is on the drivers side.

Thanks

[fleetsidelarry]

you probably have this already, but the temp gauge should be dark green, pink should be gas gauge

EDIT: disregard, I see what you're saying, pink is the hot feed to several gauges--couldn't check mine as they are aftermarket and rewired

[JGross]

Originally Posted by fleetsidelarry

you probably have this already, but the temp gauge should be dark green, pink should be gas gauge

EDIT: disregard, I see what you're saying, pink is the hot feed to several gauges--couldn't check mine as they are aftermarket and rewired

Yes the pink is the 12V supply I just need to know which gauge terminal get the 12v supply and which one gets the wire from the sending unit.
Thanks for the response.

[fleetsidelarry]

I found my old '66 cluster with blade attachments (but no wires of course). the blades on the back of the temp gauge are arranged in a Tee, I thought the plastic connecter was one piece, shaped to fit the Tee.

Then I thought to look at the one in my '61 panel, it has the same Tee and a one piece connecter, The pink wire goes to the cross-bar of the Tee, that is the top of the tee. does that make any sense?

[JGross]

Originally Posted by fleetsidelarry

I found my old '66 cluster with blade attachments (but no wires of course). the blades on the back of the temp gauge are arranged in a Tee, I thought the plastic connecter was one piece, shaped to fit the Tee.

Then I thought to look at the one in my '61 panel, it has the same Tee and a one piece connecter, The pink wire goes to the cross-bar of the Tee, that is the top of the tee. does that make any sense?

I understand what your talking about, when I removed the old Temp gauge I did not note which of the blades was vertical and which was horizontal. So is the blade on the drivers side vertical or horizontal?

[fleetsidelarry]

JGross, I'm not understanding why it would make a difference since the top of a T is the "top" whether the T is right side up or lying on it's side, but with my '61, the post closest to the door is vertical. Looking at the back of the cluster with the gas gauge on your right, the connector on the right is vertical.

like this:

(passenger side) ── │ (driver's side)

the vertical post is where the pink wire goes on mine.

it's hard to communicate these things in words sometimes, I should have tried to take a picture

[JGross]

Originally Posted by fleetsidelarry

JGross, I'm not understanding why it would make a difference since the top of a T is the "top" whether the T is right side up or lying on it's side, but with my '61, the post closest to the door is vertical. Looking at the back of the cluster with the gas gauge on your right, the connector on the right is vertical.

like this:

(passenger side) ── │ (driver's side)

the vertical post is where the pink wire goes on mine.

it's hard to communicate these things in words sometimes, I should have tried to take a picture

Thanks for the info, when I removed the gauge the blades could be put back in any position so either the passengers side or the drivers side could be placed vertical so by rotating the plug you can have the pink wire on either side of the gauge. Do you know if the 60-63 gauge is the same as the 64-66? When I ordered the new gauge from CCP it said 64-66 but it may be just that the face plate is different.

[fleetsidelarry]

sorry, I don't know if they're the same or different.

[awbrown]

on my 63 with a gauge not a green/red light , the top of the "T" is pink ......the pink would be towards the drivers side....