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I've decided to pick up a set of Nordskog digital gauges for my 64 tbird..
4 gauges - voltmeter, oil pressure, water temp, and gas gauge.
1. my car originally had an ammeter gauge in it, not a voltmeter, so i need to figure out how to wire up the old ammeter wires so that the car will run ( i read a post a couple of days ago about ammeters causing cars not to run) i didn't realize there was a difference between ammeter and voltmeter when i bought the gauges a couple of weeks ago (well i knew there was a difference, but it didn't' register until i received the gauge in the mail.
2. my car has an in dash voltage regulator which regulates the voltage down to 5 volts in the dash. do i have to remove/bypass this in order to hook up the new digital gauges?
i ordered the new sender for the water temp (even though i think that it is exactly the same as the original sender) and oil pressure sender (which i'm not sure if it is the same or not).
3. I want to test my fuel level sending units ohms to make sure that it is right before i hook up my fuel gauge to the car because i don't want to fry this gauge.. i have a repair manual and couldn't find directions on testing the fuel sending unit other than "hook up a known good sending unit, and lower the float arm and raise it... if the gauge goes from empty to full it is the sending unit. my original fuel gauge works but it goes passed full when you fill the tank. and can i remove the fuel sending unit when the tank is full (i decided to park the car with a full tank of gas)
4. what are the ohms supposed to be from empty to full on my car (i couldn't find this info either)
basically the only original dashboard lighting is going to be the speedometer lights, and the lights that light up the center area of the dash (i can't remember if there are any there but i think there are) is this a different circuit than the "gauge circuit". this question i could actually probably answer myself by looking at my repair manual, i just thought the question while i was typing this out.
i bet there are a lot more questions that i will have tomorrow, when i actually go to work on the car after work (as long as the shop is warm enough to work in
)
thank you for any help you can give me.
4 gauges - voltmeter, oil pressure, water temp, and gas gauge.
1. my car originally had an ammeter gauge in it, not a voltmeter, so i need to figure out how to wire up the old ammeter wires so that the car will run ( i read a post a couple of days ago about ammeters causing cars not to run) i didn't realize there was a difference between ammeter and voltmeter when i bought the gauges a couple of weeks ago (well i knew there was a difference, but it didn't' register until i received the gauge in the mail.
2. my car has an in dash voltage regulator which regulates the voltage down to 5 volts in the dash. do i have to remove/bypass this in order to hook up the new digital gauges?
i ordered the new sender for the water temp (even though i think that it is exactly the same as the original sender) and oil pressure sender (which i'm not sure if it is the same or not).
3. I want to test my fuel level sending units ohms to make sure that it is right before i hook up my fuel gauge to the car because i don't want to fry this gauge.. i have a repair manual and couldn't find directions on testing the fuel sending unit other than "hook up a known good sending unit, and lower the float arm and raise it... if the gauge goes from empty to full it is the sending unit. my original fuel gauge works but it goes passed full when you fill the tank. and can i remove the fuel sending unit when the tank is full (i decided to park the car with a full tank of gas)
4. what are the ohms supposed to be from empty to full on my car (i couldn't find this info either)
basically the only original dashboard lighting is going to be the speedometer lights, and the lights that light up the center area of the dash (i can't remember if there are any there but i think there are) is this a different circuit than the "gauge circuit". this question i could actually probably answer myself by looking at my repair manual, i just thought the question while i was typing this out.
i bet there are a lot more questions that i will have tomorrow, when i actually go to work on the car after work (as long as the shop is warm enough to work in
thank you for any help you can give me.