Guages

[Ryan1]

want to put a tranny temp guage in my truck. I've been looking at different websights.

What is the difference between electrical and mechanical guages. And which one should I get or is the temp guage always a mechanical guage?

Thanks
Ryan

 

[Alec]

You want electrical. This will place a sensor under the hood and wires will run inside to the gauge. You don't want a mechanical unit which would route hot tranny fluid inches from your face.

 

[Dre]

actually mechanical unit is not wired inside the cab. It comes with long thick wire with sensor at the end (about 5-6 feet long). You splice into tranny cooler line with special fitting and hook-up the sensor there. You just have to make sure not to bend wire too much.

I do have two mechanical units installed in my truck... one for engine oil temp and the other for tranny oil temp... they work great.

 

[Alec]

Well the "mechanical" gauges I've always seen mean the fluid runs to the back of the gauge or close to it.

http://hp.autometer.com/techtips/tech_writeups/mechvselectric/mechvselec.html

 

[Dre]

quote from that site regarding mechanical gauges:
>>>They do this through tubing or lines, which eliminates the need for electric signals<<<

doesn't mean that you have to rn tubbing inside the cab. Gauge comes with long tubing with sensor at the end...

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