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| advman89 |
 Feb 13 2022, 05:18 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 120 Joined: 8-July 19 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 23,286 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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1971 with a 2.0L
Before I pull the current taco plate and factory sensor to replace with 914Werke's billet cover and VDO sender.... Couple questions / issues Looks like the wire is crimped in to prevent rubbing...is there any advice here so I don't break the wire? My car doesn't have the leads next to the gear shift for the optional center console...so I need to tap into the existing wire, or do I run my own from new sensor to the gauge? I know this has probably been covered, but can't seem to find anything using the search engine... Thanks all! |
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| advman89 |
Feb 14 2022, 02:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 120 Joined: 8-July 19 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 23,286 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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UPDATE: I do see a Black with Green wire in the loom of wires through the tunnel...but don't see any connectors anywhere in the run from the firewall to where it goes up and disappears into the dash.
Could that be it? Should I expect to find an open spade lead behind the left gauge? |
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| GregAmy |
Feb 14 2022, 02:25 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,311 Joined: 22-February 13 From: Middletown CT Member No.: 15,565 Region Association: North East States
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QUOTE(advman89 @ Feb 14 2022, 03:00 PM)  Could that be it? Should I expect to find an open spade lead behind the left gauge? Time to go huntin' Slide out the left gauge and see if there's a green/black wire hanging out back there. And although there's no way to prove it, I would not be surprised if a prior owner had a problem with that combo gauge and just decided to replace it with one that does not have the oil temp gauge at its top. There's no other reason that you would have the sensor but not the gauge. So, you actually could find one of the combo gauges that has the factory oil temp gauge and plug that in, and not spend the time and money to put in the center console one. I actually removed my center console because I'm a taller guy and wanted the leg room... Greg Edit: what year is your car? You'd want one of these with the oil temp gauge. They're not hard to find... https://web.archive.org/web/20190718110228/...auges_combo.htm |
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advman89 Install VDO temperature guage Feb 13 2022, 05:18 PM
GregAmy Looks like the wire is crimped in to prevent rubbi... Feb 14 2022, 07:04 AM advman89 Be careful, indeed.
As for the hookup...the car d... Feb 14 2022, 07:53 AM
GregAmy
As for the hookup...the car doesn't have any ... Feb 14 2022, 08:06 AM advman89 I don't have any temp gauges currently...eithe... Feb 14 2022, 01:39 PM GregAmy In your first post, you noted that you were going ... Feb 14 2022, 01:48 PM advman89 My car is a 1971. The motor was replaced with the ... Feb 14 2022, 04:27 PM advman89 Victory.
Since the car didn't have a temp gu... Feb 16 2022, 08:40 AM |
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