Yay! it arrived, now what? Options

[brer]

Happily my guage showed up today from Puerto Rico. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)
Brand spankin new, though the black trim ring still has some marks.
will i ever have perfect trim on my guages (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)
I also need to repaint the guage console plate again.

someone has to have tested all the satin paints for a good match.
anyone?


so now i have to figure out what sender to use with it.
Looks like it says 9/69 on the back, and its just like an early 911 style temp unit i have, but not sure if they are the same.

any guesses?

[ArtechnikA]

QUOTE (brer @ Aug 9 2005, 11:27 AM)

I'm wondering if the six sender would put the red zone at the correct temp for acceptable warning? do sixes have similar heat limitations since they too are air cooled? 230 degrees or so? will it fit in my taco?

if you're waiting for the red zone to be alarmed, you may be waiting too long...
but interestingly, here's the difference between the 914.6 gauge and the 911 gauge: the red zone was moved 10F hotter, because 914's don't cool as well as 911's ... somewhere i have (had?) a reference to the actual temp of the red zone.

you'll want to calibrate it before use anyway, right? but yes, the ranges are comparable.

i would be astonished if the sender fit the taco plate, since it is designed for a completely different place. i did post scans of the 911 sender not that long ago, in a thread where Kerry was having sender/gauge compatibility issues.