As Buellers, we can agree that Xb's should have come with a voltmeter or at least battery light. The mod is simple and been done enough times to not re-hash it here.
But I'm going to anyway
The process is the same, take apart the dash, dremel clearance, install gauge...
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BUT a long time ago on e-bay I found these:
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a Temp gauge!
Its actually a voltmeter:
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an illuminated clock, so you can still have your fuel or trip meter showing:
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a timer:
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AND a temp meter, with a handy probe so you can use it for ambient temp, intake temp, and it's just long enough to zip tie or wedge into the oil cooler for oil temp
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I mounted the clock/set buttons flush to the side of the housing, and this little thing with either automatically rotate through temp, clock, voltage, or you can set it on one thing and use the buttons to change the readout.
The only bummer is the readout uses C* like the rest of the educated world
Maybe I could find a Farenheight one if I went far enough down the e-bay wormhole, but this will do for now
O.k., I got it, took me awhile because I was dizzy from looking at it upside down, COOL job !
Ok TPEHAK, how about posting up a link? And a pic of the side buttons.
The Celsius reading is not an big deal, as I will just use it for reference to tell how hot things are overall. Because when the manual calls out a temp, where are they actually taking that reading from??
Last edited by 34nineteen; 04-26-2020 at 01:43 AM.
Link please!!!
A link for what?
and I'll get side pics when I'm damn well ready!!
I would think the engine gets its temp signal from the TEMPERATURE SENSOR in the cylinder head
Where you got gauge. All the ones I’ve found are way too big.Originally Posted by Cooter
Ahh! a link to the gauge... I get it now. Duh, sorry.
I don't have that. I got these a long time ago and if I go down that wormhole, I'll just get a (*F) gauge.
But since you asked, I have an extra one. I ship it to ya for free, PM your address
Trust me I understand the part of getting things a long time ago and then sitting around forever before you actually get to installing them. I had some cooling intakes that were more than 10 years old. Only just got them installed and when people saw them, they asked where I got them. I couldn’t find them or remember where I got them. Most likely they no longer produce them. Sending PM your way! Thanks!Ahh! a link to the gauge... I get it now. Duh, sorry.
I don't have that. I got these a long time ago and if I go down that wormhole, I'll just get a (*F) gauge.
But since you asked, I have an extra one. I ship it to ya for free, PM your address
Last edited by 09XB12Ss; 04-27-2020 at 06:46 PM.
The temp sensor is just a switch that grounds out. Iirc you can ground that wire and the ecm will kick the fan on.
Wow, I did that all in caps and the forum converted it to mixed case.
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