Graham Thomson Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 I had lots of nice gauges fitted to my moggy minor.......not so much for function, more to put some comfort lighting in the car in the dark . Which left me thinking...........what gauges would it be useful to fit in my V8 truck, which types (electrical or mechanical), and does anyone have any nice web links....? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 oil pressure/oil temp/voltmeter/rev counter/vacuum gauge, try Europa Spares VDO vision gauges are nice & restrained Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco tony Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 oil pressure/oil temp/voltmeter/rev counter/vacuum gauge, try Europa Spares VDO vision gagues are nice & restrained sort the link out Ralph, too many http's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 sort the link out Ralph, too many http's Not any more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Thomson Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 Mechanical or electrical?????????????? Help! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 mine are electrical for ease of fitting. either type of sensing is good, depends if you want to bring fluid pipes [capillary tubes] into the cab area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 I vote electrical. With a V8 I would say the first stop is an oil pressure gauge. Second is voltmeter simply because they're cheap and tell you a lot about what's going on. Oil temp An accurate water temperature gauge Lambda if you've got a sensor Likewise vacuum. Many of mine are taken care of by MS / PalmLog: So that covers everything except the oil really, and I suspect I can add that if I tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 You actually have three choices. Electrical. Electronic. Or mechanican. Electrical gauges are very slow to react, especialy an oil pressure gauge. I also much prefere a full face dial so I can see the needle move. Having said that apart from my water temperature gauge all other extra gauges are digital. Not that most people will pay the price I did for mine. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Blades Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 FridgeFreezer, I like your PDA system. Is there a (comparativly) simply way of connecting a seriel bus (RS232) into a Td5 ECU plug to get a readout of various parameters or do I need a full LR service computer ? Thanks G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I've no idea - mine doesn't use any Land Rover parts You may be able to get an OBD-II reader setup and you may be able to run it on a small laptop/PDA but that's speculation and I imagine the cost could be a bit steep. There are a few "open source" OBD projects on the net if you search round. Strangely enough, my MS ECU can talk on a CAN bus so it would potentially work on very new cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Baldwin Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Everything in one gauge. Available from X-Eng. http://www.landyonline.co.za/workshop/engi...mentgauges.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromit Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Everything in one gauge. Available from X-Eng.http://www.landyonline.co.za/workshop/engi...mentgauges.html some more info: madman gauge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Blades Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 The Madman stuff looks good but I assume that each sensor needs to be individually wired in. I had my mind on something that could just be plugged into the ECU diagnostic socket (via PDA/laptop) and then get access to all the data that that already has. (There must be some benefit to that hunk of cabling under my seat!) I will go surfing for an OBD interface but if anybody has any specific Td5 tip here then that would be great. There is nothing wrong with my LR (just yet). This is simply a curiosity trip. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bean Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Have you looked at Demon Tweeks? www.demon-tweeks.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiFonics Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 The Madman stuff looks good but I assume that each sensor needs to be individually wired in.I had my mind on something that could just be plugged into the ECU diagnostic socket (via PDA/laptop) and then get access to all the data that that already has. (There must be some benefit to that hunk of cabling under my seat!) I will go surfing for an OBD interface but if anybody has any specific Td5 tip here then that would be great. There is nothing wrong with my LR (just yet). This is simply a curiosity trip. Thanks I got a Scangauge for Christmas and its a really nice piece of kit except it doesnt work on a TD5 The OBDII port on a TD5 isnt completely standard so any device you plug into it you must make sure its compatible. Its a shame really as the scangauge is a really nice simple unit. I cleared the engine management light on my bosses Passat earlier in the week in about 2 minutes having never used it before. I guess the only option for querying the ECU is Nanocom and I am guessing thats not going to look very prett stuck to your dash. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Blades Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 The Scanguage is exactly what I am after (and not too pricy either). I did not realise that the Td5 port was not standard and hence all plans are rather out of the window except Nanocom. Shame. Thanks for all the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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