Question About Gauges and Senders

[Huw Powell]

> I have a question about adding gauges to my '84 4KQ.  I have a factory 3
> gauge suite (5bar oil pressure - 170deg C oil temp - Volt) from a
> 4000/coupe and wish to add it to my 4KQ and wonder what to do about the
> senders.
> 
> 5 Bar oil pressure gauge-  Can I jump the signal from the original
> sender or does a new sender need to be used?

you need to replace one of your pressure sender with the two output unit
- maybe Brendan still has the part number lying around - i think at was
about $40.  The two existing senders are switches.

> 
> 170 oil temp- Similarly, can the oil temp sender from the oil pump be
> jumped, need to be replaced with a different sender, or get the signal
> from a different location.

nope that one works just fine.

> 
> Volt- I'm all set here.

you should find, by the way, that the extra wire (oil pressure) will be
in your car already.  I hope, I am going on what we found in an '87, of
course.

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Huw Powell

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