oil/ water temp, gauges

[graham kirkbride]

hi all
as anyone fitted any of these gauges in there nova? if so any pics please
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j87/20xe/2005-07-0508-44-11_0031.jpg

[R1CH]

Oil / water temp guages in general or those particular ones ??

Rich

[graham kirkbride]

in general any type realy, also i need to no about how to wire them up to my 2l xe

[R1CH]

This will help you out with the oil sensors ...
http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/engines-transmission/171368-xe-let-oil-pressure-temp-senders-what-why-how-where.html

Maybe fit the water temp sensor next to the std one in the thermostat housing, just drill & tap it.
Theres usually only 3 wires on the guages, earth, switched live & a wire to go to the sensor.

Not to difficult tbh.

Rich

[graham kirkbride]

thank rich:thumb:

any pics of your gauges

[James P]

ive got gauges in my nova like yours abit. thought they look abit different..
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p174/jamezp/DSCN1292.jpg

[Mike]

where have you relocated the heater controls too?

[draper]

i was looking at re-locating the heater controls, not really sure where to tho - i might try and put them in the glovebox

[R1CH]

My 3 dials are where the heater controls were, just got the blowers on a switch just on / off on medium setting, leave the direction on the widscreen all the time & have the heater control cable going into the glovebox.

Rich

[Mike]

My 3 dials are where the heater controls were, just got the blowers on a switch just on / off on medium setting, leave the direction on the widscreen all the time & have the heater control cable going into the glovebox.

Rich

ah ha! i was going to do the above, but couldnt work out where to put stuff! Ive seen loads of Saph cossies with the 6 dial setup in the dash, and though "i could do that" lol

[Jim]

I've just installed some gauges into the heater control slots:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/211/503650881_00715c3bf4.jpg

I've removed the heater all together, so no need to worry about the controls, although I do need to purchase a heated screen.

Since all Novas use the same loom (redundant wires are tapped up) and since I have just a warning light for the oil pressure, I was able to unravel the exact wire for the oil pressure, so simply plugged that into the gauge and it worked.

I spliced into the water temp wire. I was going to run the wire straight to the new gauge, but I didn't like the idea of glancing down to see the water temp on the dash not reading at all.

The volt meter was connected using one of the exsiting wires to the now redundant heater controls. In fact, it worked out really nicely, as the gauges use the brown and black wires from the heater controls to light them up :)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/231/503650891_a10ade6056.jpg

[Mike]

Jim, what make gauges are they? as theyre exactly what im after! (black edged items) i take it there standard 52mm dia?

[draper]

looks good jim, loving the flocked dash im definatly having it done

[DaveMarshall]

Here's my gauges

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/lau24/DSC00618.jpg

[Jim]

Jim, what make gauges are they? as theyre exactly what im after! (black edged items) i take it there standard 52mm dia?
They are VDO gauges. I purchased them from this company:

http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/INSTRUMENTS-VDO-Cockpit-Vision-Gauges/c1_2_3/index.html?osCsid=49848dea411375d9c7e6c6fc86ad712c

Excellent service and price, can't recommend them enough.

They are 52mm diameter gauges, but after removing the heater controls you will need to cut away a small piece of metal (where the heater controls would be screwed to). It's best to drill through the metal at 0.5cm intervals and then get a hacksaw blade to cut through the metal. I found it best to cut through half of the metal, then twist the rest off with a pair of pliers. Obviously you'll have to file down the rough bits. You'll also have to open up the holes a couple of mm to get the gauges to sit in nicely. It takes a bit of filing and trial fitting, so take your time! I used a dremel with a different types of heads.

Hope this helps.

[graham kirkbride]

thanks lads info and pics appreciated ...
ive started to make my own pod for my gauges
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j87/20xe/mynewpics240.jpg