Re: KPack's 1954 Panama

Posted by HH56 On 2020/9/20 15:15:26

I don't think it will be that easy to find 6v positive ground electric gauges so if your car is stock you might need to think about adding some sort of isolated inverter power supply to run a pair of 12v gauges. Electric temp senders will definitely not be long or thin enough to reach the coolant flow using the street tee. It might work with leaving the heater flow on or maybe you will need to use the original hole or the radiator hose or under the housing adapter.

I am kind of a believer in mechanical gauges for a secondary set as they are almost always more direct and reliable. I also believe in getting the optional copper tubing for the oil gauge rather than use the nylon tubing that usually comes with the gauge kits.

If the needle in the original temp gauge moves when tapping the glass it could be that someone removed the gauge and the needle touched on the cluster edge and bent and it is now touching against the glass.