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Old 08-29-2009   #1 (permalink)
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i want to put a oil pressure gauge, water pressure gauge, and a volt gauge in my 89 mustang 2.3L n/a so where do i put the connections?
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doesnt yer car have al those gauges besides water pressure in the stock cluster??
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they are not working
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gotcha if yer feeling really ambitious u could plug the new gauges into the connections from the stock cluster.... providing the wires and all are still good. and it would be the sleekest way of routing the wires
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Go with mechanical gauges. Screw the water temp bulb (comes with the gauge) into the hole with the green lettering. Screw the OP adapter into the hole with the white lettering. It would go in place of the chrome adapter that's in the pic.
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The volt gauge is electric. One wire goes to a ground the other to a 12v switched source. Here's instructions from Autometer.........
Autometer voltmeter wiring instructions - towards bottom of page
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the oil pressure gauge comes with a unit that goes onto the Oil Pressure Sending Unit, not quite sure where it is on the 2.3's but ill take a look later.
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the oil pressure gauge comes with a unit that goes onto the Oil Pressure Sending Unit, not quite sure where it is on the 2.3's but ill take a look later.
the oil pressure unit is on the back of the head near the firewall on the intake side of the motor.

the coolant temp unit is on the lower side of the block under the intake manifold.

and as stated above just hook into a 12v power source for your VOLT gauge. (i piggy-backed mine into the.... i believe GREEN wire on the alternator.)
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ok thank you guys i will try it.
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not a problem. let us know how it turns out
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everything came out great not a problem thank you guys very much u guys are very helpful.
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anytime. thats what were here for!
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