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Old Dec 16, 2011 | 01:24 PM
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Well I finally got a day off work and took advantage to install my oil pressure and coolant temp gauges. Also installed my radio. Here are some pictures of my custom gauge mount. And yes there is enough room to fully utilize the transfercase shifter.
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And some pics of the radio, As you can see I utilized one of the no functional buttons for my usb port for my ipod
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Old Dec 16, 2011 | 01:46 PM
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Old Dec 16, 2011 | 02:09 PM
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Nice gauges.
Just rotate them so that your normal reading is at 12 o'clock and you'll be set.
 
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Old Dec 16, 2011 | 03:48 PM
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Very nice indeed! Love the ipod hookup!
 
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Old Dec 16, 2011 | 04:13 PM
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What do your water temps run in various conditions (idle, highway, slow traffic)? Where did you place water temp sensor? Looks good!
 
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Old Dec 16, 2011 | 06:30 PM
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Very nice indeed! Love the ipod hookup!
thats a great
 
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Old Dec 16, 2011 | 06:52 PM
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Hi, where do you mount your water temperature sensor? Did you use radiator hose adapter? Do you have pictures? Thank you very much!!

Sorry and how about oil pressure sensor? How do you mount this sensor? With oil filter adapter? Thanks again!



Originally Posted by sickws6
Well I finally got a day off work and took advantage to install my oil pressure and coolant temp gauges. Also installed my radio. Here are some pictures of my custom gauge mount. And yes there is enough room to fully utilize the transfercase shifter.






And some pics of the radio, As you can see I utilized one of the no functional buttons for my usb port for my ipod

 
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Old Dec 16, 2011 | 09:45 PM
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Paul, no need to "quote" all the photos to ask a question.
You can click edit on your post and delete the quoted part. It'll clean up the thread a lot.
 
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Old Dec 16, 2011 | 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Savannah Buzz
What do your water temps run in various conditions (idle, highway, slow traffic)? Where did you place water temp sensor? Looks good!
Well while doing all of this work I also did the inline thermostat mod, so the sensor is in the 1/8 adapter inline the upper hose. Still getting great heat, and right at 180 on highway and idle. Have not experienced slow traffic yet. This is only data from today in cincy where it was 45 out. I also changed the oil over to 10w-40 while doing the oil pressure sending unit. Man this vehicle runs awesome now and the engine sounds a lot better, not sure what oil was in it before considering I bought it a month ago.
 

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Old Dec 16, 2011 | 11:20 PM
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I like the choice on gauges: I used the same gauges on my 84 RX-7 project, replacing the factory speedometer, tachometer, coolant temperature, fuel level, and adding an oil pressure, and oil temperature gauge using the same Ultra-Lite series.

Nicely done!
 
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