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racerX
Dodge Dakota
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6/20/2004
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 Subject: Hooking up Aux. gauges, need help
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hey guys. here in the next day or two i'll have two autometer gauges coming in from summit (autolite electric style, water temp and trans temp) that im mounting in a dual pillar pod. never done this before, just need to know if theyre is some sort of wire diagram so that i know where to get the signal for my gauges, and where exactly i'll need to look for these wires. any help is appreciated. thanks
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.boB
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6/21/2004
10:13:02
| RE: Hooking up Aux. gauges, need help
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I installed a full set of AM electrics in my Cobra project, including an electric speedometer. The gauges come with some excellent instructions. Take your time, read ALL the instructions, and follow them step by step. Electric gauges are really very simple to install.
For some reason, this question keeps coming up. Some folks say not to use a thread sealant on the sender. They say it interferes with the ground. However, if you read the instructions, it clearly tells you use sealant. I always do.
As for where to install the trans temp sender, that can be an issue. I would think the ideal place would be somewhere in the cooler line, after the cooler. You'de want to know what the oil temp is as close to the bands as possible. The easiest would be in the pan. But then you would be reading the temp of the oil after it's done it's job.
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racerX
Dodge Dakota
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6/21/2004
14:26:54
| RE: Hooking up Aux. gauges, need help
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thanks bob. isnt there a spot where i can hook up the trans temp electronically? because i see that my truck already has a trans temp warning light, so wouldnt there be a sensor monitoring the tranny temp already?
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.boB
Dodge Dakota
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6/21/2004
15:29:57
| RE: Hooking up Aux. gauges, need help
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The sensor is there, but I doubt it would match with the AM gauge. And you can't run two gauges off one sensor. So you need a seperate sensor for the computer (installed) and one for the gauge.
Like I said, ideally it should be in the feed line, after the cooler. But I would probably install it in the pan for simplicity, and then recognize that it will read a tad higher than what's being fed to the bands. Not a big deal as long as you understand how the oil flows, and what you're actually reading.
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racerX
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6/21/2004
16:19:08
| RE: Hooking up Aux. gauges, need help
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ohh ok i get it, just got the gauges today in from summit. i think i will just install the tranny temp sensor after the cooler. i'm going to be putting in a tranny cooler as well actually, since my 02 3.9 auto didnt come with one, so i'll just have that hooked up when its all getting put in.
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jaggy
GenIII
6/21/2004
17:09:42
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this guy has some great mods and pics of his temp gauges.
http://www.y2kota.us/tempgauge.html
"Temperature sender mounted in the transmission fluid cooling line just as it exits the transmission."
take a look, good stuff here.
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