89ford
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I have a pillar pod I made to fit my truck what 3 gauges would you guys put in it? and where would you get them? I drive a 1989 F250 4x4 7.3 no turbo and a zf five speed
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Cincinnati Guy
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First off Id get an EGT gauge, water temperature those two seem to be the 2 most important. Also dont cheap out on gauges also.
dyoung14
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Water temp, oil pressure and pyrometer(egt gauge) like said earlier dont get the cheapest gauges, get isspro they make good gauges with a pretty good price, cheaper than autometer, i also here glowshift makes good gauges, im running autometer and autogauge, gauges i like them alright i reckon but wish i had went isspro, but i got a good deal on them so iguess i cant complain
89ford
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Ok so I should go with the isspro gauges are they fairly easy to install?
gatorman21218
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look at my sig. If you have vacuum brakes then I would get a vacuum gauge as well. BUT if i were to choose 3 then I would go with oil pressure, water temp, pyrometer. NAPA has all the S-W stuff. Pricey but top of the line
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Be glad you didnt go Isspro David. I had a Pyrometer that I ran for about 4,000 miles, thats all the more it was good for. I didn't like the gauge in the first place because on top of a crap ton of wiring all of Isspro's gauges require the use of a voltage regulator/translator box of some sort. I don't understand the use of the box but its just another large electronic piece to cram under the dash and it just didn't last. I believe I figured out that it was that box that went bad with my gauge, but you can't just replace that box its part of the wiring, when it goes bad you have to replace the entire gauge.
I use autometer in all of my vehicles and don't have any complaints. I had one that had a shorted thermocouple, but atleast with the autometer gauges you can replace the thermocouple without replacing the entire wiring harness and gauge.
I use autometer in all of my vehicles and don't have any complaints. I had one that had a shorted thermocouple, but atleast with the autometer gauges you can replace the thermocouple without replacing the entire wiring harness and gauge.
BioFarmer93
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Mechanical oil pressure. Mechanical water temperature. Vacuum. Unless you've been dinkin around with your fuel screw & towing 15k lb. trailers up hills, I find it kinda unlikely that you'll need a pyrometer right now. That having been said- if you do **** around with your fuel screw & tow 15k lb. trailers up hills, then install one and mount it where you can easily see it. The other three gauges you need: 150A ammeter w/ external shunt. Fuel pressure gauge with sender post filter/pre IP. Decent volt meter. Sunpro gauges are pretty much crap (go ahead, ask why I know this) especially don't use their ammeters.
alienturtle
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EGT, Water temp and Oil pressure.. IMO..I have 7 glowshift gauges in my truck and love every one of them.
hesutton
The Anti-Anderson
A stone stock N/A IDI with zero modification the IP fuel screw can and will make dangerous EGT's when loaded. My '86 crew cab would bury the pyro on small hills with only 1500lbs in the bed. A pyro is very important with any diesel in my opinion........ but you know what they say about opinions.....
My vote is oil pressure, water temp, and pyrometer for the gauge pod. Personally, I'd add a fuel pressure gauge and a voltmeter as well.
Heath
gatorman21218
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I agree with this. however I dont tow much and never messed with the fuel, A small hill and I can easily hit 1200. and running 70mph on flat ground and it holds at 900. however i'm sure my timing is off, and my ip has 175k on it and the injectors may be original at 275k.
I would only use mechanical gauges. the same reason being why I drive a truck with a fully mechanical engine. Electronics just seem to fail for no reason.
And I would highly recommend two fuel pressure gauges. one before and one after the filter, to tell you if you just sucked up dirt thats been sitting in your tank since Clinton was in office or if your pump failed. it also will let you know exactly when the filter is dirty, so you dont just change the filter at random. An alternative to this would be to have some sort of vacuum gauge at the shrader valve, but i'm uncertain to how that would work.
Just dont cheap out on gauges. IMO having no gauge at all is better than one telling you bad information (ie the gauge reading 205 and your radiator is spewing steam like old faithful)
89ford
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looks like glowshift is having a sale on gauges every one of them is discounted
BioFarmer93
OPEC Hater
A stone stock N/A IDI with zero modification the IP fuel screw can and will make dangerous EGT's when loaded. My '86 crew cab would bury the pyro on small hills with only 1500lbs in the bed. A pyro is very important with any diesel in my opinion........ but you know what they say about opinions.....
My vote is oil pressure, water temp, and pyrometer for the gauge pod. Personally, I'd add a fuel pressure gauge and a voltmeter as well.
Heath
Heath- Serious question here, no sarcasm implied or intended. If these motors in our trucks are capable of damn near self destructing pulling a 19' runabout up a mild hill on the way to the lake, why didn't Ford include a pyro on the dash? Surely they anticipated the the normal uses these vehicles would be put to, didn't they? Wouldn't we be finding these trucks melted down all over the place with a problem that bad?
gatorman21218
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Heath- Serious question here, no sarcasm implied or intended. If these motors in our trucks are capable of damn near self destructing pulling a 19' runabout up a mild hill on the way to the lake, why didn't Ford include a pyro on the dash? Surely they anticipated the the normal uses these vehicles would be put to, didn't they? Wouldn't we be finding these trucks melted down all over the place with a problem that bad?
thats the million dollar question. Why did they only put hydroboost on a F-superduty? Why did Ford fail to add any SCAs to the coolant? Why did they use 28 gauge wires to the headlights? Why does my TTB eat tires? man if I wasnt so tired I could write a whole list of things.
BleednBlue68
Ford Country!
Im in the market for gauges too. I keep hearing about glowshift gauges. Yea the price is cheaper than autometer but are they just as good and accurate as autometer?
