oil pressure gauge
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oil pressure gauge
The oil pressure sender wire in my '89 GTU shorted to ground. Guess the gauge
burned up. First it pegged high then pegged low. Before I start on an expedition to the junk yard can someone tell me if the gauges are independently replaceable??? Do they plug in or soldered in. Since this is my daily driver for right now I'm going to put a resistor inline with the sensor wire to switched 12 v. and put a voltmeter across it . Don't like driving around without an oil pressure gauge !!!!
burned up. First it pegged high then pegged low. Before I start on an expedition to the junk yard can someone tell me if the gauges are independently replaceable??? Do they plug in or soldered in. Since this is my daily driver for right now I'm going to put a resistor inline with the sensor wire to switched 12 v. and put a voltmeter across it . Don't like driving around without an oil pressure gauge !!!!
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The only thing I did was replace the connector on the sensor wire since the old one was getting pretty corroded. Unfortunatly, I didn't pull on the crimp to make sure it was tight and it came loose and shorted somewhere. When I crimped another one on and hooked it up the gauge did not move when I turned the key on, nor when I started the engine. Figure the coil in the meter burned out. Isn't the capacitor just to smooth out short duration variations of sensor output????
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I appreciate the input, but fact is the gauge isn't working. I found a guy in Indiana parting out an FC chassis and he said he would sell the gauge at a very reasonable price. Can I replace it without taking the entire instrument cluster completely out of the dash?
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