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06-18-2005, 07:30 AM
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Personally I wouldn't do a low pressure light though...
It's like on a motorcycle I had... the low oil pressure light came on at 5 PSI. If you were at idle thats not to big of a problem if the light came on. But NO! The light came on while I was doing about 80 MPH @ 6K RPMs... Needless to say the engine was cooked!
All my rigs that have dummy lights have been replaced with actual gauges. No more needless repair bills...
It's like on a motorcycle I had... the low oil pressure light came on at 5 PSI. If you were at idle thats not to big of a problem if the light came on. But NO! The light came on while I was doing about 80 MPH @ 6K RPMs... Needless to say the engine was cooked!
All my rigs that have dummy lights have been replaced with actual gauges. No more needless repair bills...
06-18-2005, 04:09 PM
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Originally posted by Mopar1973man
Personally I wouldn't do a low pressure light though...
It's like on a motorcycle I had... the low oil pressure light came on at 5 PSI. If you were at idle thats not to big of a problem if the light came on. But NO! The light came on while I was doing about 80 MPH @ 6K RPMs... Needless to say the engine was cooked!
All my rigs that have dummy lights have been replaced with actual gauges. No more needless repair bills...
Personally I wouldn't do a low pressure light though...
It's like on a motorcycle I had... the low oil pressure light came on at 5 PSI. If you were at idle thats not to big of a problem if the light came on. But NO! The light came on while I was doing about 80 MPH @ 6K RPMs... Needless to say the engine was cooked!
All my rigs that have dummy lights have been replaced with actual gauges. No more needless repair bills...
06-18-2005, 04:49 PM
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Originally posted by Haulin_in_Dixie
You need both, the first question when seeing 0 pressure is how long was it since I looked at the gage. With the light you can shut down before losing the VP.
You need both, the first question when seeing 0 pressure is how long was it since I looked at the gage. With the light you can shut down before losing the VP.
No really I make it kinda a habit of sweeping my eyes across the stock & pillar gauges about every 10 minutes or so while cruising...
But I got to admit if you got a big RED or YELLOW light looking you in the face it will get your attention...
But got to be installed with some class... 
Heck why doesn't DC just install the gauges for us and hook them up to the CHECK GAUGES light and the chime...
06-19-2005, 11:30 AM
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On one of my trucks I had a sort of "check truck" light. Bolted a red marker light to the top of the dash. It had eight or ten feeds that would turn it on, all isolated with doides. Low oil pressure, low voltage, low air pressure, low water pressure(yep), low water, low fuel, bunch of stuff.
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