DIY after market gauge installsame as the poll i started
#1
DIY after market gauge installsame as the poll i started
its the same as the poll i started befor i did this lol
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...603386#1603386
please people remember no one here on scion life or meself are responsable for any screw ups u make please be careful work slowly and cleanly. u will be fine
remove the grill
remove 5 10mm bolts
locate the oil pressure switch circled in green
unplug the sensor
remove the oil pressure switch i used a 15/16th deep socket i belive
remove the heater hose
water hose bottom remove
parts u will need
do not put the sensors together yet ths is what the oil sensor should u like
where to cut the water hose
eyelit on the water temp sensor because u will need to ground the sender so the signal wire will read acuretly
what the water hose should look like u will need to modify the hose adapter so that the bottom of the sensor is in the water path as u can see i had to cut the top nipple off and the sensor was turn into the fitting the sizes are very close so put some apoxy on the treds then thread the sensor into the hose adapter dont forget to put a new hose clamp on all the ends that u made by cutting the hose
assember the oil pressure sesnsor on the block please be carful the adapter will feel like it wont thread in but it will go in but please people be carful i am not responsable if u messup the side of your block make sure that tha after market sender is pointing twards the transmisson if u have a hard tome putting the oil sensors on the block dont be afraid to take the intake manifold off to get room to work with thats how i was able to get such a clear picutre to show u here
where the wire should be comming from dont forget to put the water hoses back on and titen all the clamps securly but dont over tight the green wire is for the water temp the orange for the oil pressure and the white goes to the white wire with the blue strip in the o2 sesnor and conescts to your a/r gauge
test the gauge and make sure its working right
wire it up where ever u have chosen to place your gauges and your done now sit back and enjoy the hard work u just went though
UPDATE 5/30/06 finished the write up v1.0 if there any thing u need clarified and explaned better please let me know
UPDATE 5/30/06 well its done (1:15pm hawaii time) and here is the proof now the only thing to do is the :write up i warn u after all that is probely gonna be pretty long but i feel its allworth it
UPDATE 5/30/06 man i need to rally the trops lol how about some shout outs lol this progect is taking alot of trial and error but im getting everything ironed out and it should make every one els fast with less suprises
WELL UPDATE 5/29/06 spent my memorial day working on this man i got about 20 new grey hairs and i know people have dont post on buying adapters for the oil filter and radiator to hook up but my way of doing cost all of maby $10 woth of adapters so i think mine a bit cheaper lol man im very tired its 3pm right now i still gotta mount the gauges i will get a write up asap maby ill start on it tuesday
im gonna be installing water temp,oil pressure and voltage gauges in my box with in the next cople day i have the time to do a DIY if any one in interested let me know if it worth the time to document
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...603386#1603386
please people remember no one here on scion life or meself are responsable for any screw ups u make please be careful work slowly and cleanly. u will be fine
remove the grill
remove 5 10mm bolts
locate the oil pressure switch circled in green
unplug the sensor
remove the oil pressure switch i used a 15/16th deep socket i belive
remove the heater hose
water hose bottom remove
parts u will need
do not put the sensors together yet ths is what the oil sensor should u like
where to cut the water hose
eyelit on the water temp sensor because u will need to ground the sender so the signal wire will read acuretly
what the water hose should look like u will need to modify the hose adapter so that the bottom of the sensor is in the water path as u can see i had to cut the top nipple off and the sensor was turn into the fitting the sizes are very close so put some apoxy on the treds then thread the sensor into the hose adapter dont forget to put a new hose clamp on all the ends that u made by cutting the hose
assember the oil pressure sesnsor on the block please be carful the adapter will feel like it wont thread in but it will go in but please people be carful i am not responsable if u messup the side of your block make sure that tha after market sender is pointing twards the transmisson if u have a hard tome putting the oil sensors on the block dont be afraid to take the intake manifold off to get room to work with thats how i was able to get such a clear picutre to show u here
where the wire should be comming from dont forget to put the water hoses back on and titen all the clamps securly but dont over tight the green wire is for the water temp the orange for the oil pressure and the white goes to the white wire with the blue strip in the o2 sesnor and conescts to your a/r gauge
test the gauge and make sure its working right
wire it up where ever u have chosen to place your gauges and your done now sit back and enjoy the hard work u just went though
UPDATE 5/30/06 finished the write up v1.0 if there any thing u need clarified and explaned better please let me know
UPDATE 5/30/06 well its done (1:15pm hawaii time) and here is the proof now the only thing to do is the :write up i warn u after all that is probely gonna be pretty long but i feel its allworth it
UPDATE 5/30/06 man i need to rally the trops lol how about some shout outs lol this progect is taking alot of trial and error but im getting everything ironed out and it should make every one els fast with less suprises
WELL UPDATE 5/29/06 spent my memorial day working on this man i got about 20 new grey hairs and i know people have dont post on buying adapters for the oil filter and radiator to hook up but my way of doing cost all of maby $10 woth of adapters so i think mine a bit cheaper lol man im very tired its 3pm right now i still gotta mount the gauges i will get a write up asap maby ill start on it tuesday
im gonna be installing water temp,oil pressure and voltage gauges in my box with in the next cople day i have the time to do a DIY if any one in interested let me know if it worth the time to document
#8
Very nice write up! I appreciate you taking the time to share this. It will really be helpful for me in the near future.
It looks like you recessed the guages. Did you actually cut the holes in the dash for the guages or are they surface mounted and just that slim? Thanks again!
It looks like you recessed the guages. Did you actually cut the holes in the dash for the guages or are they surface mounted and just that slim? Thanks again!
#14
Originally Posted by miamibusta69
same on the tc?
#15
Originally Posted by hornet_on_the_flower
so whats the fitting size adapters did use for your oil switches???
and did you also replace your intake manifold gasket too???
and did you also replace your intake manifold gasket too???
#16
Re: noiice
Originally Posted by saylor
holy daylong project batman.
Nice job -
- Saylor
Nice job -
- Saylor
#19
Great write up. You say that the aftermarket sender should be pointed toward the transmission. But in the photo it looks like the aftermarket sender is pointed away from the tranny. I'm using a VDO Vision Oil Pressure and Oil Temp Gauges. VDO makes a combo Oil Pressure Sender and Idiot light switch in one unit. Do you think that I can use this combo unit and replace the stock xB oil pressure switch? That way I won't have to use a "T" fitting. Or I could use a "T" and put the Oil Temperature sender on the other side. Does any one know what the small Acute triangle and the number 20 means on the stock oil pressure switch? Do you think that's the "turn on" low pressure?