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Old Aug 30, 2005 | 01:21 AM
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Anyone install one yet? i need to know where to run my wires for this gauge... any help would be good.

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Old Aug 30, 2005 | 01:32 AM
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Anyone install one yet? i need to know where to run my wires for this gauge... any help would be good.

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I have mine hookeed up in my TC. Do you have an oil block Adapter? If not I would get that first.
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if he has an electric one then he wont need it. It connects via the signal from the ecu. Mechanical guages are the ones that you need an adapter
Old Aug 30, 2005 | 01:42 AM
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correct, i have both actually, i got a mechanical one first, then decided to get an electric one, so now i gotta sell the mechanical one.

i found a tech atricle from kaeon, but i wanted to know if anyone eles had any other information.

again, its an electrical oil pressure gauge, so i dont think i would need the oil block adaptor, would i?
Old Aug 30, 2005 | 01:43 AM
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if he has an electric one then he wont need it. It connects via the signal from the ecu. Mechanical guages are the ones that you need an adapter
I don't think so. I have a digital electric gauge and it uses an electric sender that I plugged into my block adapter along with my electric oil temp sender as well. It does not plug into the ECU .

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why do i need the block adapter? i still dont understand
Old Aug 30, 2005 | 01:57 AM
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Because that's what the sender plugs into to give you a reading. This is not my pic but it shows how the sender is screwed into the adapter.
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so i must have that to install it?

and can you give ANY other info on the install?
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any why is that damn thing $58???
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Once you have installed the sender into the oil block adapter and installed the oil block adapter on the car. It's as easy as wiring 3 wires and you're good to go. someone on here did a write up on hoiw to install that gauge. I forget who it was.
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it was kaeon, but do you NEED this? or can i install it another way? or would it be a safer move to use the block?

i relly dont wanna spend $58 on something i dont really need
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Originally Posted by BrEaK_AwaY
it was kaeon, but do you NEED this? or can i install it another way? or would it be a safer move to use the block?

i relly dont wanna spend $58 on something i dont really need
It's the easiest safest way I know of.
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Originally Posted by BrEaK_AwaY
it was kaeon, but do you NEED this? or can i install it another way? or would it be a safer move to use the block?

i relly dont wanna spend $58 on something i dont really need

thats what cars are all about waisting money lol


you could probly hook it up to your rpm wire off your gauges and it will bounce around and look cool lol
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well i bought the damn thing....

now does anyone want a mechanical oil pressue gauge?
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