Lumpen Poison Fish. Poison Fish. TASTY FISH!!! Donating Members 5,181 Member For: 22y 3m 2d Gender: Male Location: The Bogan Shire Posted 09/08/06 04:12 AM Share Posted 09/08/06 04:12 AM Well, both the sender and the gauge in my old XR8 have decided not to play ball no more (both reading too low) so I'm on the look out for a new gauge. To get a replacement gauge I'd just be running the risk of it failing again. (Would only be wrecker yard special)Ideally I'd be looking for some kind of Full Sweep Electrical but the only one I can find was an Autometer gauge in Farenheit, which is the only Imperial measurement I can't convert/get my head around.Aparently the local Repco has Speco gauges for $25 each at the moment and I'm just wondering how people feel about them? Are they accurate and reliable?Any help/hijack would be appreciated.Cheers,Lumpy Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/27554-speco-gauges/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat-Tony Member 5,364 Member For: 19y 2m 28d Posted 09/08/06 04:18 AM Share Posted 09/08/06 04:18 AM Ive used them before on other cars and compared to an autometer they aint 100 % on the ball, but it wont be 20-30% out of range if that's what your thinking it might be Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/27554-speco-gauges/#findComment-418701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 21y 4m 4d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 09/08/06 04:53 AM Share Posted 09/08/06 04:53 AM LP, you could not get a cheaper gauge if you tried. I would get the factory one sorted out before shelling out for that cheap chinease crap. It is very unusual to have both the sender and gauge faulty, it pays to get it sorted out properly. I am sure the parts from Fraud are resonable. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/27554-speco-gauges/#findComment-418711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotom Team Bute Donating Members 1,550 Member For: 21y 11m 3d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 09/08/06 05:01 AM Share Posted 09/08/06 05:01 AM Can't comment on the speco range, never used them.The VDO Cockpit range has metric scales, and also has the same type of pictorial graphic as in the Ford dash gauges... In fact, I think the FORD dash is made by VDO.VDO Cockpit rangeI have an oil temp and boost gauge fitted in an FPV pod.Made a small mod to replace the lamps with some ultra-bright blue leds, and they look good enough to being factory style gauges.The VDO range has mechanical and electrical style gauges.... If you have a mate in the auto-electrical trade, he might be able to get them for you at trade price?tom Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/27554-speco-gauges/#findComment-418713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumpen Poison Fish. Poison Fish. TASTY FISH!!! Donating Members 5,181 Member For: 22y 3m 2d Gender: Male Location: The Bogan Shire Posted 09/08/06 05:07 AM Author Share Posted 09/08/06 05:07 AM LP, you could not get a cheaper gauge if you tried. I would get the factory one sorted out before shelling out for that cheap chinease crap. It is very unusual to have both the sender and gauge faulty, it pays to get it sorted out properly. I am sure the parts from Fraud are resonable.←The parts aren't available from Ford anymore Zap. 15 year old car. I had the auto sparky test the thing for me and the gauge read consistenly low.At 240 Ohms it is meant to read in the blue part of the gauge and it wasn't registering and at 60 Ohms it is meant to be about 1/3 of the was up, but the gauge wasn't even in operating He did similar for the sender, but I cant remember what the figures were. Thanks for the remarks on the gauge too. Lumpy Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/27554-speco-gauges/#findComment-418718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumpen Poison Fish. Poison Fish. TASTY FISH!!! Donating Members 5,181 Member For: 22y 3m 2d Gender: Male Location: The Bogan Shire Posted 09/08/06 05:13 AM Author Share Posted 09/08/06 05:13 AM Can't comment on the speco range, never used them.The VDO Cockpit range has metric scales, and also has the same type of pictorial graphic as in the Ford dash gauges... In fact, I think the FORD dash is made by VDO.VDO Cockpit rangeI have an oil temp and boost gauge fitted in an FPV pod.Made a small mod to replace the lamps with some ultra-bright blue leds, and they look good enough to being factory style gauges.The VDO range has mechanical and electrical style gauges.... If you have a mate in the auto-electrical trade, he might be able to get them for you at trade price?tom←Thanks for the link Tom, you're right about VDO making the Ford dash, well at least in the EB. I have a trip computer here with VDO numbers all over it.that's what I'm after, I've VDO are good quality and the autosparky can get them for me, I just saw these Speco Gauges on special up the local Repco, but then again, I guess they're $25 for a reason Cheers,Lumpy Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/27554-speco-gauges/#findComment-418725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 21y 1m 24d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 09/08/06 05:17 AM Share Posted 09/08/06 05:17 AM Any help/hijack would be appreciated.←Nice weather Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/27554-speco-gauges/#findComment-418730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumpen Poison Fish. Poison Fish. TASTY FISH!!! Donating Members 5,181 Member For: 22y 3m 2d Gender: Male Location: The Bogan Shire Posted 09/08/06 05:20 AM Author Share Posted 09/08/06 05:20 AM Any help/hijack would be appreciated.←Nice weather ←^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Pay attention to the master Fats...Ive used them before on other cars and compared to an autometer they aint 100 % on the ball, but it wont be 20-30% out of range if that's what your thinking it might be← Lumpy Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/27554-speco-gauges/#findComment-418733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
veczar Gold Platinum Member Member 1,081 Member For: 20y 11m 22d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 09/08/06 06:38 AM Share Posted 09/08/06 06:38 AM Can't comment on the speco range, never used them.The VDO Cockpit range has metric scales, and also has the same type of pictorial graphic as in the Ford dash gauges... In fact, I think the FORD dash is made by VDO.VDO Cockpit rangeI have an oil temp and boost gauge fitted in an FPV pod.Made a small mod to replace the lamps with some ultra-bright blue leds, and they look good enough to being factory style gauges.The VDO range has mechanical and electrical style gauges.... If you have a mate in the auto-electrical trade, he might be able to get them for you at trade price?tom←.. what color is the backlighting on the VDO ones turbotom? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/27554-speco-gauges/#findComment-418760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 21y 4m 16d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 09/08/06 10:28 AM Share Posted 09/08/06 10:28 AM just buy them lumpy... for $25... geez you would spend more on a carton of beer which is consumed in in one night at that price they are a bargain.. and if they dont work right sell them to someone else at your garage sale for $15 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/27554-speco-gauges/#findComment-418907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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