Autometer gauges INSTALLED
JK Freak
Joined: May 2007
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From: Pittsburgh, PA
Easy enough, with this series of gauges all the temp gauges use the same sender.
If you run the big 3 (water, oil, volt) and don't want or have the room for more, all you need is extra sending units for the temp gauge and a switch to select which sender you want to read. I plan on adding an oil and tranny temp sender later on. You have to weld a bung in the pan for that, I'm not ready to crack the pans off just yet
You could read water, tranny, front diff, rear diff, oil, even cyl head temp off a single gauge, but of course not all at the same time. A rotary switch with led indicators would work great. You could probably go as far as to get in the gauge to put the leds on the face somewhere.
Automated switching come to mind as well, it could cycle through the senders on a time delay circuit that would be easy to build.
The Wrangler, Compass, Commander, Patriot, Grand Cherokee, and Liberty all have the same lame gauge cluster. Fuel, Speed, Tach, and idiot water gauge.
You would think they would be different but nooooooo............
If you run the big 3 (water, oil, volt) and don't want or have the room for more, all you need is extra sending units for the temp gauge and a switch to select which sender you want to read. I plan on adding an oil and tranny temp sender later on. You have to weld a bung in the pan for that, I'm not ready to crack the pans off just yet
You could read water, tranny, front diff, rear diff, oil, even cyl head temp off a single gauge, but of course not all at the same time. A rotary switch with led indicators would work great. You could probably go as far as to get in the gauge to put the leds on the face somewhere.
Automated switching come to mind as well, it could cycle through the senders on a time delay circuit that would be easy to build.
The Wrangler, Compass, Commander, Patriot, Grand Cherokee, and Liberty all have the same lame gauge cluster. Fuel, Speed, Tach, and idiot water gauge.
You would think they would be different but nooooooo............
I digress ...
JK Freak
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Downunder
Thats GREAT install you are a genius
Can i ask a question where and how did you connect the dash light wire. So when you switch your lights on they glow with them. I am thinking of putting the Auto Meter Autoguage RPM and Battery Volt guages all is simple but the dash light wire no idea where to hook it.
Can i ask a question where and how did you connect the dash light wire. So when you switch your lights on they glow with them. I am thinking of putting the Auto Meter Autoguage RPM and Battery Volt guages all is simple but the dash light wire no idea where to hook it.
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JK Enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2007
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Thats GREAT install you are a genius
Can i ask a question where and how did you connect the dash light wire. So when you switch your lights on they glow with them. I am thinking of putting the Auto Meter Autoguage RPM and Battery Volt guages all is simple but the dash light wire no idea where to hook it.
Can i ask a question where and how did you connect the dash light wire. So when you switch your lights on they glow with them. I am thinking of putting the Auto Meter Autoguage RPM and Battery Volt guages all is simple but the dash light wire no idea where to hook it.
I tapped into the orange/grey wire behind the center stack.
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JK Enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2007
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Yep, my Cherokee had the same. And they were real gauges, not idiot lights with needles. Not positive about the TJ, never had one:sad:
