New Temp Gauge In. Autogauge Smoke.

Lumpen Proletariat · 18-10-2006, 07:06 PM

Temp gauge in the EB has been playing up and it was diagnosed as the ford gauge AND sender! So rather than hunt down a decent pair from a wrecker and run the risk of them failing again (hey, they're old components, they do fail) I decided to get a new gauge mounted in some form of pod.

My preferences were:

Electrical - No little tube of warm water to leak on something and go zap.
'Full' Sweep - Better clarity and precision
Degree's C - Only Imperial measurement I can't get my head around is Farenheit.

I ended up being tipped on to Autogauge and bought a 2" Autogauge Smoke gauge which apparently is a similar effect to the Defi series, though no nifty daisy chain or calibration dance etc. Stuck it in an el cheapo speco 2" cup. Tight fit, but meh.

Here is the result.

Cost of the gauge was $43 delivered (took about 2 weeks) and the Speco Pod was $10. Looks pretty good and gives me piece of mind...Well it should, if I wasn't running at 110*C! Nothing a new thermostat shouldn't fix.

While the dash was apart I also got some other niggles fixed including, the resistor on the (ac) fans fixed, yay! Now I have intermittent settings. The recirc/fresh control fudged It's stuck on recirc rather than fresh now, no more disel smell everytime I pass a semi. Finally got the Trip Computer put in and working, Nifty little beggar, instant reading provides some interesting results. As did the average reading after the auto sparky 'tested' the gauge. 36L/100km on a 4km trip

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Lumpy

gthofan · 18-10-2006, 08:10 PM

looks good mate, i have put one of these in my car too, a speco guage though. my water temp is 78"C castrol radi cool, and good thermostat, awesome! dragging at calder park, never went over 87

vigilante000 · 18-10-2006, 08:24 PM

Very strange that your factory temp isnt working, not usually a problem with the E-series, mostly common with the X-Series. I know you have bought it already, but did they (the sparky) put another sender in as a test? ANNNNYWAYYYY...looks ok, but I would've chosen a cup to fit it properly.

Cheers
ViGiLaNtE351

Lumpen Proletariat · 18-10-2006, 09:33 PM

Yeah, the auto sparky tested bit the sender and the gauge and neither were reading what ever values they should properly. The cup is a 2" so it should fit but for some reason (either the bundle of wires or something) it doesn't quite fir all the way in.

Can't see it looking from the front though...

Lumpy