irab88

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heh, nice. i need to move the lights because they're hard to see during the day. i have enough wire to stretch them to the passenger's side, if needed.

just checked for codes: nuthin'. the gauge with the engine off, key in or out, is to the right of the "L", so methinks it's the gauge. dammit.

xxxtreme22r

The gauge or the wiring in the loom on the connector backed out on ya. Wouldn't be surprised if ya recently had it off.

irab88

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thanks. it was just nerve-wrecking to look down and see no oil pressure (!). i'll look more into it later this week, and see if i can't track down this li'l bugger

xxxtreme22r

Just sayin.

irab88

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i want to make my own dash, and i know how. but $ome $tuff need$ more attention than other$. i'm also working on the trailer, school's finishing up, so i'll need some savings to get me out the door, and there's still a few minor repairs to the truck.

freeway to work yielded nothing out of the normal

ChefYota4x4

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Sorry bout the drama, Ian! ..... Where is your Oil Pressure while driving? Brandon's right, that gauge isn't too high when at idle and hot/fully warm. But should be near half or at least 3/8ths on the gauge with 170K on it or so.

I'll be watchin.. you gonna do a compression test or anything else?

irab88

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the picture shows it: that's the level under normal driving conditions (notice the tach's at ~2.8k). i'll pull apart the dash when i get the chance, hopefully it's just a loose wire

irab88

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all-righty! i figured out the issue with my oil gauge!

when i put in my fan indication, i moved the antilock indication bulb over two spots, thinking nothing of it. today i traced some circuits, and found that i had put the bulb in the circuit with the gauge, causing it to function the way it did.

now to re-work some wiring...

wannayotamonster

thats awsome news, im sure ur vary relived. oddly enough that may be the best news ive heard all day. i was reluctant to post bc the best solution i could come up with was the oil sending unit. once again your electrial geneious pays off.

RBX

Glad you figured it out.

ChefYota4x4

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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat! lol Nice detective work, Ian

irab88

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after initial start-up


~2.6k


and i'm re-routing the lights to here, to get them out of the way. just waiting for some jbw to dry

irab88

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teaser:

dropzone

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nice breadboard

irab88

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the shack's finest! haha... i've done so many circuits on that thing, and it's the only one i have. it's great for simple stuff like this, too. also, that altoids tin is full of led's, and my "power supply" is one of these

once the jb-weld is done drying (tomorrow), i can put the lights back in and be set for the week

irab88

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yota721

Nice I've been reading your thread and it looks like your doing a lot of cool stuff to your truck

82shorty

wow man nice build very cool electro gadget thingymajiggers btw for my tranny i use a powerade bottle with squeeze top fill with oil and stick in the hole and squeeze puts about 3/4 of it in refill bottle and repeat cheap easy and works great

ChefYota4x4

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Cool work, Ian. I used those dash slots twice for different things, now, and I think they're perfect! lol. Worked great for my Off Road Lights Switch and the other will be for my aux power switch on.

orrinrocks

Loving this thread...2 days in, just finished it. I am the proud owner of a '92 4wd...today I just belined my smittybilt nerf bars with Herculiner. I have a set of roll bars that I will soon do the same too, and of course put in the truck. Certainly gonna put lights on the roll bar, getting great wiring ideas from here. Thanks Ian!