Gauges?

Discussion in 'Buick FAQ' started by LARRY70GS, Feb 1, 2010.

  1. magic marouke

    magic marouke Well-Known Member

    amazing how something like this can put a holt on a simple job . theres no reason why it couldn't be an 1" or a 1 1/16" size which most people have .
    thought this nonsense was only on newer vehicles
     
  2. magic marouke

    magic marouke Well-Known Member

    4682A372-A894-4C0B-AD7B-6E498B23F4F9.jpeg Ok I purchased the socket and looks like it should fit .
    Does this look like it could work ?
    Fitting on left will go in to the block , the one on the right is my new gauge sender and the bottom one will go to my factory sender
     
  3. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    Yes, I would install it one piece at a time, not pre assembled. That way, you can orient it so nothing hits the block.
     
  4. magic marouke

    magic marouke Well-Known Member

    Yea just what I was thinking and I have an extension if I need to bring it out more . Use that liquid Teflon again yea ?
     
  5. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

  6. magic marouke

    magic marouke Well-Known Member

    64DFBC89-4849-4291-86E1-86D583A4F534.jpeg 44C2904F-3F25-4433-B0C7-9206CFFA4235.jpeg Got some time to put the oil senders in today . The tee worked pretty good . I have the factory sender pointing forward now near the top of the oil filter ,that way I could also keep the original wire , any other way and i’d Have to add a new piece on . (under hose clamp in pic).
     
  7. johnriv67

    johnriv67 Well-Known Member

    EE795295-83E7-49D9-8830-F92FE3AAD147.jpeg 8C8BF5E6-45A1-4178-B374-25D37EFD76AF.jpeg C2CFE89E-23D5-46BE-819F-5CE05FED2A26.jpeg Here, let me add my oil pressure stuff as well, hoping to fire it up tomorrow. Checked whether the light worked and it did, so now all we do is wait for a reasonable hour to light her off.
     
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  8. magic marouke

    magic marouke Well-Known Member

    That sender painted red is it the factory one ? Mine is much smaller than that
     
  9. johnriv67

    johnriv67 Well-Known Member

    My sender works a stock in-dash gauge, not just an idiot light. So now I have two oil pressure gauges.
     
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  10. magic marouke

    magic marouke Well-Known Member

    Yep same here . I’m just glad the old sender came out ok after being in there from new
     
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  11. magic marouke

    magic marouke Well-Known Member

    can anyone help ? so all the gauges work except for the tach . when I turn the car on it twitches ever so slightly but that's it . I have a 1amp fuse going from the tach to the ignition on my fuse box like is recommended
     
  12. Footbag

    Footbag Well-Known Member

    Check over your wires from the tach. make sure all connections are still solid and clean. Ground, Power, Distributor wire. Does your illumination bulb light up when you turn the lights on? Pretty sure most gauges have those. Most i have seen have a green wire for the distributor hook up. Check that one for sure and if still clean and solid connection let us know which wire you hooked it to or which post its screwed to.
     
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  13. magic marouke

    magic marouke Well-Known Member

    will do . just spoke to the tech guy at Autometer and he said to ground it on its own away from the other 3 gauges I put in . said the interference from the other gauges could do that . I also have the tach wire that goes to the HEI running along side the power wire to the HEI . maybe route it away from that on its own ?
     
  14. Footbag

    Footbag Well-Known Member

    My mind is a little fuzzy and hopefully another member can chime in on this. Never heard of a problem connecting grounds together. My gauges are all soldered and wired together for one ground point connection. The signal wire running along side the power wire might cause a problem but i sorta would think it wont. HEI have a Grey Wire( ???Could be wrong here) that you connect the signal wire(??Normaly green??) too from your tack. Id Poke around and check those wires out and connections. But giving it a dedicated ground might help move the solution along towards finding out the problem.
     
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  15. magic marouke

    magic marouke Well-Known Member


    tach connection goes next to the HEI power terminal on the HEI cap like normal . i'll try both relocating the ground and move the wire that goes to the HEI away from any other wires that may be interfering with it . defiantly power going to the gauge as it moves but only a tiny bit and stays at 0 rpm .
     
  16. magic marouke

    magic marouke Well-Known Member

    76269601-DFAF-446E-BF59-6D6B0E8AD7F9.jpeg Autometer directions is what I have
     
  17. magic marouke

    magic marouke Well-Known Member

    76F4FD74-7707-48CC-99C7-CBD06CDC89BB.jpeg 4190713F-B1B3-4DCB-A5D8-733F9CF6D45B.jpeg 71896F60-4A22-4CC8-843B-1863577CD485.jpeg 76F4FD74-7707-48CC-99C7-CBD06CDC89BB.jpeg 16EDEE55-2538-4D0E-A85F-F2CCFDC549CC.jpeg Also I don’t have these switches
     
  18. Footbag

    Footbag Well-Known Member

    Your Gauge does have the calibration switches. You can see it just to the right of the holes where the light came out of in your pictures. Little brown square with the yellow tabs in the center are those switches. Seems the number 2 switch is already in the up position. Cant tell what the number one switch is from the pictures angle. Let us know what happens after you move the two wires you mentioned in 2 above post.
     
  19. magic marouke

    magic marouke Well-Known Member

    4464F04A-6428-4B2A-AC55-CA4A20DB2E30.jpeg Man that’s really tiny and my eyes aren’t what they used to be .can you see in this pic if the other switch is correct?
     
  20. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    The tachometer should have come calibrated for 8 cylinders. The switches should be right without you touching anything. It looks like both switches are up in the picture, which is correct.

    TachometerDipSwitchesB.jpg
     
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