EGT and boost gauges on "03 6.0

[STROKER_T]

Got a regular customer that wants me to install some gauges...he wants EGT,MGP,and trans temp,don't see the need for trans temp 'cause it's a 6-speed manual....also wants green illumination...

Any ideas where I can get this stuff fairly quick?

[Keith Browning]

You could visit the Diesel Mentor directory and look through the listings in accessories or parts...

[DwayneGorniak]

I run the Autometer Phantom guages in my truck with an overhead Console Pod. This one right here: http://www.autometer.com/cat_mountsdetai...dl=59&gw=11

 

My guages: http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?gid=2683&sid=7

 

and: http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?gid=2652&sid=7

 

They both come with green or red bulb covers. I threw the red in the garbage. Boost was approx $52.00 and pyrometer was approx $156.00 with pyrometer bulb.

 

 

And I don't see the need for a tranny temp guage either. I don't run one in my ZF 6 speed. But I do run synthetic in the transmission. Besides all that, it's not like there is a pan that you can remove on them to drill the sensor insert into and you sure as hell wouldn't want to drill into the case of a ZF and introduce filings into the system.

[STROKER_T]

Thanks Dwayne,customer is gonna dig that overhead setup...

[DwayneGorniak]

Your quite welcome.

 

Just some installation tips for ya: I installed the guages into the pod and built my harness on the bench like as if you were doing a remote start. I zip tied the whole harness with small zip ties about every four inches. When you put the Boost gauage into the pod, Leave a loop of plastic tube inside the pod so that the tube doesn't kink. You will have to remove both visors and then the push pins in the front of the head liner. Oh, and obviously the LH pillar cover. Pull the mirror all the way down and then slide the pod into place along the top from the left side. I did not use the velcro strip that came with the pod. I used 3M double sided body taped. I stacked the tape up with four strips. When you see the pod, you will see why......it has a raised lip. The reason I did it this way is because of the fact that I don't really plan on removing in all that much unless I need to replace my windshield. And the first time you remove the Pod I could see the velcro strip ripping right off the windshield. And 3M tape is easy enough to clean off with brake clean. I also put my pyrometer bulb in the exhaust manifold instead of the turbo down pipe. I'm assuming that is most likely the way you will do it.

[Keith Browning]

I don't think I have ever seen an over head gauge installation but I have seen a few a-pillar one's. I like those because they are "right there" in the normal field of vision.

[DwayneGorniak]

I have always found that the Pillar pods are a huge blind spot which is why I opted for the overhead console mount. The other thing that I don't like about pillar pods, is that they are black and it seems to be hard to find interior paint for these things these days. It looks like hell when you have a black pod installed over top of a grey or tan pillar. I tried to get grey interior paint for my truck and it is no longer available through Ford. But the Black overhead console matches all my trim and my steering column.