Thread: What gauges and why

UltraGauge

Why?

• Better speedo view (accurate digital reading, closer to driver's line of vision)
• Lots of gauges, in 4, 6 or 8 per page (I get about 60 reading that I care about / are useful on my Puma 110)
• Small
• Cheap(ish)
• No permanent change to the vehicle
• Can swap between vehicles (not ideal, but possible)
• View / clear OBD faults (not used it for this yet, but apparently it can do it)

My 110 isuzu came standard with a number of gauges.

Fuel: full/empty/reserve

Voltmeter: on/off

Speedometer: +/- 10%
also appears to work as a tachometer though my eyes are too slow to read the variations in needle vibrations

Thermostat: Winter/Summer

Clock: indicates time audibly

Originally Posted by FeatherWeightDriver

UltraGauge

Why?

• Better speedo view (accurate digital reading, closer to driver's line of vision)
• Lots of gauges, in 4, 6 or 8 per page (I get about 60 reading that I care about / are useful on my Puma 110)
• Small
• Cheap(ish)
• No permanent change to the vehicle
• Can swap between vehicles (not ideal, but possible)
• View / clear OBD faults (not used it for this yet, but apparently it can do it)

Very useful on OBD compliant vehicles
and you can set audible high and/or low alarms on the output values. May not get 60 PIDs on a TD5.

I went a bit over the top, but having to replace the head on a newly acquired second hand TD5 Deefer was definitely something I won't have to do again, if these gauges are going to do their job.
Oil Pressure & temp
Water temp x 2
Low Coolant alarm
Other temp gauges to even things up

Monitor everything but diff temps.
Matt.

The best thing you can fit is a low coolant alarm. Might just save you thousands if you were to develop a leak that went unnoticed.
And make sure it works too... the one that was fitted on my td5 defender when I bought it didn't. For one it was fitted to the top radiator hose where the water pump would keep water flowing past it untill the system was well on the way to empty, but worse was the fact the rediator hose its self earthed out the sensor. Meaning even with the coolant drained it did not work... luckily I was just replacing the coolant in the shed and not powering up a hill.

Other gauges I have found handy include a tacho, volt meter, boost and digital water temp.

Less handy include the engine oil temp gauge and engine exaust gas temp.
The engine oil temp sender bolts into the sump plug and doesn't read accuretly and I have a water temp anyway.
As fot the egt, I find on a standard td5 with no engine mods, the temp never gets to a dangerours level. I can push it as hard as I want and never get anything above 550C.

All these gauges (apart from the tacho) are in a single madman unit so only takes up one space in the dash. They are a little pricey though.

Originally Posted by DeeJay

I went a bit over the top, but having to replace the head on a newly acquired second hand TD5 Deefer was definitely something I won't have to do again, if these gauges are going to do their job.
Oil Pressure & temp
Water temp x 2
Low Coolant alarm
Other temp gauges to even things up

the 1980s called.........






they want their roller disco back

Originally Posted by uninformed

the 1980s called.........






they want their roller disco back

Yep. I'm a cheapskate 20 bucks each on Ebay - I lashed out & bought 2 spares