water temp gauge sensor placing.

[FL_PR5]

i actually just planned out my wire setup. i think i might wire it even though i dont have a pod for it right now. and i am also waiting on boosted orange to answer me if he has sent my air/fuel gauge...been waiting almost 2wks now. hopefully that will be here monday. anyways...i am going to take one wire to sensor and ground right next to it on the brass bracket that goes towards the front. it says to ground next to it so thats where i plan on doing it. then for ignition i am going to switch i am going to wire to cigarette lighter and join the light to it also, so the light will always be on. and then ground the white wire from the light to a negative ground point above the fuse box inside the footwell. hoping that light setup works, i just tested it in my car somewhat and it did.

now just waiting on him to send my gauge so i can get started....

 

[FL_PR5]

i'll take pics for you of when i'm done and post them here.

 

[TurfBurn]

TurfBurn, how did you ground the set up?

when I got my gauge, I tried just hooking it up, and leaving the sensor outside, when it grounded somewhere, the gauge just went to the max temp. like it would do that when I touched the head or any type of ground, is it supoused to do that??

It sounds like you had something wrong.... if you touched the terminals wrong you could have fried the gauge itself... but it shouldn't jump up to max temp... if anything you should get nothing... BUT.... you have to make sure you ground the right spot... if you ground something wrong you'd just short the gauge out to ground and I'm not sure what that would do completely.. but in short... no it shouldn't do that.

 

[FL_PR5]

where did you ground yours at turf? is the bracket safe thats on the engine itself right by the stock water temp sensor thats right infront of it?

 

[mazpro]

where did you ground yours at turf? ...

Bump!

hopefully I didn't fry my gauge.

 

[FL_PR5]

haha i second bump that. but hey, isnt the gauge under a warranty?

 

[mazpro]

I think it might be, I'll check.

 

[FL_PR5]

alright. that sounds about right. when i got mine off ebay it is brand new and said under warranty or icluded warranty.

 

[TurfBurn]

Yeah, that brass colored bracket by the stock water temp sensor is actually a factory ground point... so you can definitely use that.

 

[nonameheroes]

dont forget to use some sort of teflon tape on those threads or you'll have a nice little leak going.

 

[FL_PR5]

one setp ahead of ya on that tape. i have the brass T with sensor already in it tightened as far down as it can with teflon already on it. i even tightened the sensor down since that seemed a little loose.

 

[mazpro]

I will put a little tape, but on the instructions it say not to use it because the sensor has to have a good ground.

 

[Brian MP5T]

Pipe DOPE, High Temp Thread Sealer...

 

[TurfBurn]

I second Brian's suggestion... the dope does a lot better job of sealing, and you get a good ground still usually.

 

[TurfBurn]

It's just more reliable basically... the teflon tape should work okay though too...

 

[Brian MP5T]

 

[Brian MP5T]

http://www.permabondllc.com/ssgasketmaker.pdf

 

[mazpro]

Nice, I'll look into that. I got everything and tested that gauge and it works perfectly. Now I gotta get someone to give me a ride and get some sealer, I don't want to drive the car leaking coolant, but the Pepboys is like 10 mins away, well see what happens.

here are the pics of my set up. thanks for the help everyone.

 

[TurfBurn]

So you just went in the TB line instead of the heater line... that works too! (I don' thave that line as it keeps the TB cooler to keep air charges down...)

 

[FL_PR5]

yea i was about to say...i was going to attack a different line and that couldn't be right. but yea, i might do that too but if teflon works fine then i dont see why i would need to.