Any ways, guages. I got the Isspro Ford Factory Match Green and Red (Which, is really kinda orange) 0-2000* Pyrometer and the 0-60 PSI Boost gauge, along with the Areomotive 2 pod pillar, which I painted with some interior paint from O'Reilly's. Not a PERFECT match (the O'Reilly's doesn't seem to have a blue base like the gray OEM does. Its alright though, its not off enough to bother me.
Per the instructions I aquired a Letter R Drill Bit (wow, talk about a fiasco), and if you've never heard of Letter drill bits... well as I understand it there are Fraction Bits (1/2", 3/16" ect), then between those sises are Number Bits (5, 6, 7, ect) and then finally, between all those sizes are Letter Bits. Good luck finding just one! I ended up buying a 115 pc set from Harbor Freight. No big deal, it was like $50, though they had sets that were almost $200. Quality wasn't an issue like I thought it would be, but that was just for using good sense.
I also had to have a 3/8 NTP Pipe tap. No prob, I had been planning on getting a small tap set from Sears (Whoot lifetime warranty!) so I went ahead and did that.
Okay, down to the dirty work. I used the letter R bit to drill a lovely hole in the driver's side exhaust manifold for the Pyrometer. Don't drill this with out oil! I dipped the bit in some clean Delo (why buy drill oil when motor oil is sitting on the shelf?) and got started. I did not drill very much before dipping it in the oil again. It did not take long to burn the oil off! This defiantly saved my drill bit, and I'm pleased to tell you that bit wasn't dulled in the least. In fact, after I was done, I cleaned it up, re-oiled it and returned it to its box. Looks just like new. Another pro of using the oil is it helped capture the metal shavings so I could keep them from falling in the manifold. I don't know if any body else worries about shit like that, but... I guess I do.
After that I tapped it, which was easy, though I had to hit it with the drill once more to take a burr off that was catching the tap.
Final Result:
Then... I had to take my sister home, because she brought me her Pontiac G6 that needed a water pump, so I left it. And we had a sandstorm.
Finally, two days later I returned to my project. Holy cow.
Spliced my boost sensor into my MAP line, since I'm going to make big changes to my turbo configuration at some point.
A fused hotline from passenger battery runs though there too, to my relay that I hid behind the trim panel around the hood release. I added it to the two factory relays already hidden there, and wired into my fuse box for key-on power. I grounded to a factory ground bolt also behind that trim panel. Everything is zip-tied up and tucked away with the factory wiring.
Relay:
Finished product as no wires visible. Which makes me happy!
Once the pillar was mounted (which I hid all the christmas-tree grommets on the windshield side of the pillar, so you can't see them), and everything wired in, I reassembled my dash, and turned it on. I was mildly concerned I would blow a fuse, just because I'm a pessimist, but no issues at all.
Also, I hooked the backlight power source into the factory backlight fuse and... amazingly it dims.
Final Product:
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| I also installed a new light knob while I had it apart, as Beastin's original one was broken from being jerked off, rather than removed properly. |
I'm fixing to embark on a huge project with this truck, which I shall document and publish with photos. I'll try to be better about the pics, I kind of get carried away working and forget to take them.
Diesel's never die, they just get reborn.
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