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Old 06-03-2008, 08:32 PM
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Unhappy oh crap i bought wrong gauges

well i was looking at pro-comp2 electrical gauges.. 150.00 a peice. well went to the local speeed shop and he had few of the ones i wanted, well i picked them up and total for the 2 gauges was 110.00. didnt think anything of it but wow much cheaper then online. well i opened them up "BROKE THE SEAL" and realized they are mechaincal oil pressure and water temp. how should i hook up my oil pressure gauge now??? please help....
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you can run oil and water lines back to the gauges.. but i wouldnt recommend it
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There's the easy way and the hard way.

Hard way: Cut the oil line, put a T-fitting on there and then connect your oil pressure gauge to it. Same for the water.

Easy way: Get the RB adapters.
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for the oil that sounds good to do. but water wouldnt be. it has a probe with about 6 feet of wire or some sort of looking thing. this would have to to adapetd into somthing. people say near intake manifold. but where at and how
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they wont take them back becuase i broke the "seal" on the box so they think they are damaged now.. idk its bullcrap..
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