Rusty Shackleford

i bought an autometer guage that included the sender and i run a wire from the new gauge to the sender but instead of making a T thing and using both senders can i use that one sender and hook my stock wire and new wire up to my new sender or will it over load it or somthin?????

and the 1/8npt fitting will fit in the stock block without any leaks right???and use lock tight to seal it up.....USE IT ONLY AT THE TOP NOT THE ENDS OF THE SENDER

Pele

iTrader: (28)

I've found out my posts are really long winded. So in the future, I'm going to start using the following format... Hopefully I remember to do it this way...

Short Answer: No. T the fitting.

Long answer:
You'd think that, wouldn't you... But think of this:

At X psi... Let's say 100 PSI oil pressure, the stock temp sensor is at X ohms... Lets say 100 Ohms... (All numbers are hypothetical...)

And Y psi, let's say 10 PSI, oil pressure, the stock sensor is at Y ohms Let's say 500 Ohms...

This'll give you a line. If you stick the points on a graph, Ohms on one axis, Pressure on the other axis...

(BTW, substitute degrees for PSI... Hell, even fuel level if you wanna. This is all in general.)

Who's to say that the Autometer sensor and stock sensor have the same readings or follow the same lines?

Additionally, the stock sensor is known for being inaccurate.

Finally, Sensors do one thing... Convert PSI or Temperature or Fuel level into an electrical resistance... Gauges do one thing... Measure electrical current... I don't care what the gauge actually says, it's still going up or down based on the current flowing through it...

If you put two gauges in parallel as you're planning on doing, half the current for the given resistance (Sensor, remember) will flow through each gauge. As such, your readings will always be half of what they really are.

That all being said, see short answer.

Rusty Shackleford

or only hook up the auo meter to the new sender unit??

RotorMotorDriver

iTrader: (1)

Right, one gauge per sender (see Peles post).

Yes, the 1/8" fitting will work. Make sure that you do indeed keep locktite/teflon tape towards the top so you can keep exposed threads in the block for grounding as you said.

~T.J.

Rusty Shackleford

aight sweet i have the guage wired up only thign i need to do is screw in the sender and run teh wire to it which gives me aother quistion

Rusty Shackleford

when scwreing it in how tight should i get it in hand tightened or hand with alittle tape of the wrech to get a bite on it????then how do i get my little 18 guage wire to the engine bay i looked under and then only way i can get a wire is if i drill one threw the firewall.....any little holes to the engine bay i can use

Rusty Shackleford

bump

Pele

iTrader: (28)

Man, you only left three hours for people to get back to ya... Leave a little time dude.

Anywhozer... Snaking wires from the engine bay to the passenger compartment isn't very hard...

Go up front under the hood. I suspect near the clutch slave is a wiring harness going in with a rubber boot around it... Punch a hole in the rubber boot with a screwdriver (Careful not to nick the wiring harness)... Slide your new wire in about a foot or two and you should see it drop down by the clutch pedal...

Alternatively, you can wiggle it in along side of the wiring harness without punching a hole...

Good luck man.

Rusty Shackleford

yea i tryed going along the side of that but that boot is stacked with wire so it wouldnt go i will try cutting it how about the tightness of the sender though????????