I got some ellectrical gauges for my TT conversion and I was wondering if I could use the stock wiring to wire them up? I researched and found that mechanical gauges require new wiring, but what about the ellectrical ones? Can I use the stock senders or is it necessary to install the aftermarket ones? I am asking particularly about the oil pressure and the water temperature gauges. Here is the installation diagram that comes with the gauges:
Sorry, I mistyped... I meant senders and not sensors... The question is only about the oil pressure and water temperature gauges. I will wire the rest of the gauges with the aftermarket wiring, but I though that I could save myself time and effort if I just used the stock wiring and senders for these two.
Ok, well aren't the senders a sensors the same thing? If your talking about the part that is on the motor that send the info to the gauges then if it was me, I would use the new senders or sensors. But if the old ones are working fine then and you want to save time on install, just use your old ones. At least you will have new ones just Incase the old ones stop working. Just use good connecters when trapping in your wires.
Changing the sensors should be quick so I will do that. Its the wiring that would take longer, but I will use the stock wires. Thanks for the input guys!
You can certainly use the stock wires for power, ground, and illumination. You most likely won't be able to use the stock sensor wires simply because the stock senders are a one wire setup that uses the threads as ground. All quality aftermarket gauges use dedicated ground wire.
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