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  1. Autocar

    Cummins 400 pyro and boost gage installation with photos

    The M915A1 uses mostly 12 volts-only uses 24 for starting and military trailers, so it was an easy hook up. If you have a 24 volt system, the best thing to do is to use a voltage converter as mentioned in other threads. You can also make one using a low cost voltage regulator circuit. I could...
  2. Autocar

    Cummins 400 pyro and boost gage installation with photos

    Thanks for the compliments. I drilled a little, then blew away the chips, then drilled again,etc. This meant when I broke thru there were very few chips. The chips are so small that I think they just go into the turbo housing and as soon as you start the engine, they get blown out the exhaust...
  3. Autocar

    Cummins 400 pyro and boost gage installation with photos

    I powered the gages up with a wire to the "on" terminal of the ignition switch. For the gage lights, there are some terminated pigtales for dash gage lighting. I opened up the gage swing down panel and found some of these pigtales and spliced the AutoMeter gage lights into them. It works...
  4. Autocar

    Cummins 400 pyro and boost gage installation with photos

    I enlarged the wiring hole for the fan wires in the dash so that I could run the thermocouple wire, the boost tubing, and the electrical wiring down into the dash. It is very tight getting access to the underside of the dash. I had to work thru the glove box and remove the circuit breaker panels...
  5. Autocar

    Cummins 400 pyro and boost gage installation with photos

    I installed AutoMeter pyro and boost gages in my M915A1 tractor. AutoMeter because I come from a racing backround and always liked their gages. I mounted the gages on an aluminum block so that I could prewire and plumb the gages out of the truck. I used the existing dash mounting screws to...
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