Barrman
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I am to the point of putting my gauges on the truck and wiring them up. But, I can't find a consistant listing in the manuals about which wire goes where on the gauges. The M35 manuals show the power wire #27 going to the outside post on the gauges as they are aligned in the panel. Yet, the same gauges are used in M715's. Those manuals have all the power leads going to the post on the drivers side of the panel. Same 4 gauges with two different ways of hooking them up.
The volt meter is easy since you only have 1 wire. So is the mechanical air gauge.
Since the "senders" for the fuel, oil and temp gauges are actually just resistors. All the gauges really do is act as Ohm meters over a specific range. Does it even matter which wire is hooked to which post since the voltage is just passing through on the path to ground?
Thanks.
The volt meter is easy since you only have 1 wire. So is the mechanical air gauge.
Since the "senders" for the fuel, oil and temp gauges are actually just resistors. All the gauges really do is act as Ohm meters over a specific range. Does it even matter which wire is hooked to which post since the voltage is just passing through on the path to ground?
Thanks.