Okay Major Problems With Gauge Install Need Help
#1
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: southern indiana
Posts: 360
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Okay Major Problems With Gauge Install Need Help
I HAD Edit IN EVANSVILLE INDIANA INSTALL MY GAUGES IN MY 04.5 3500 DIESEL TODAY. I TOLD THEM I WANTED DI PRICOL GAUGES WITH PYRO, BOOST, AND FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE. THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD DROP THE TURBO TO DRILL AND TAP THE MANIFOLD, WELL THEY DIDN'T DO THAT, THEY DRILLED AND TAPPED THE ELBOW AFTER THE TURBO. THEY INSTALLED AUTOMETER GAUGES INSTEAD OF THE DI PRICOL GAUGES, AND I CAN TAKE AND MOVE THE A-PILLAR AROUND WITH MY HANDS, ITS NOT EVEN TIGHT. AND GET THIS, I SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR A FUEL PRESSURE ISOLATOR. WELL THEY RAN STAINLESS BRAIDED HOSE DIRECTLY INTO MY TRUCK TO THE FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE AND ALL IT DOES IS RATTLE AND VIBRATE. I PAID 525.00 FOR ALL OF THIS, AND NOW I AM TO SAY THE LEAST VERY Edit !!! WHAT SHOULD I DO ??? SHOULD I GO IN AND BE NICE ABOUT MY COMPLAINTS OR GO IN THROWING A FIT ??? I REALLY CANT BELIEVE THEY DID THIS, I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE JUST DONE THIS MYSELF. OH YEAH, AND THE PYRO DOESN'T EVEN WORK LOL
THANKS,
MATT
Edited by Admin. Making a post such as this BEFORE you talk to the shop you are dealing with is NOT the way to do things. The name of the shop was removed and your post edited accordingly. Talk with the people first, it may just be a misunderstanding between the salesperson and the installation crew.
THANKS,
MATT
Edited by Admin. Making a post such as this BEFORE you talk to the shop you are dealing with is NOT the way to do things. The name of the shop was removed and your post edited accordingly. Talk with the people first, it may just be a misunderstanding between the salesperson and the installation crew.
#2
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: I'll look into that!
Posts: 521
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Is there anyway to I.D. this on the work order, if yes I would make them take it all out and start over or get a refund. If not then it would have been a verbal contract and harder to get results, been there done that. That's when you have to make it personal. Sounds like a 1/2 Edit job they did on your truck, sorry to hear this.
#5
Registered User
I've had great luck with Autometer in the past.
As for dealing with the install, I wouldn't go in with two guns firing... You will likely get much better results if you remain civil and plead your case in a professional manor. If you present yourself as someone actually "in the know" about the products and proper installation, you are probably going to get along better with the guy than if you fly in there half-cocked and start barking about the wrong parts and poor workmanship. Just my $.02...
As for dealing with the install, I wouldn't go in with two guns firing... You will likely get much better results if you remain civil and plead your case in a professional manor. If you present yourself as someone actually "in the know" about the products and proper installation, you are probably going to get along better with the guy than if you fly in there half-cocked and start barking about the wrong parts and poor workmanship. Just my $.02...
#7
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 160
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I had Autometer Ultra-lites in my last truck. I had problems with the EGT gauge and Fuel Pressure gauge. I would take it back and get the gauges you asked for. My autometers cost me twice as much as the ISSPRO gauges I have in this truck, and I think that the ISSPRO are twice the quality of the Autometer. I had to change the fuel pressure gauge three times and the EGT gauge had something loose inside that would cause the needle to stop working until you flicked the side of the gauge. Get what you asked and paid for...
Trending Topics
#8
Registered User
Autometer Ultra-Lites
I have the Autometer Ultra-Lites (pyro, 60psi boost, 140-280 trans temp). Had them on for 6 months and 12000 miles.
I have had no problems with the gauges at all. Not a perfect match to factory, the Di Procol look like closer match to stock gauges, but I am happy with the Ultra-Lites.
I have had no problems with the gauges at all. Not a perfect match to factory, the Di Procol look like closer match to stock gauges, but I am happy with the Ultra-Lites.
#9
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: MOUNT VERNON, WA
Posts: 283
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I have the di pricols with the same in dash setup as ramwheelsby4. They are almost a perfect match to the factory gauges. I would go in civil and ask to have it redone the way you asked in the first time with the gauges you wanted in the first place.
#10
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Camp Pendleton California
Posts: 47
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Take them to small claims court. Or make them replace the elbow and start over with the gauges you want. A little bit of advice, buy the gauges from on of the venders on this site and then take them to someone to install and give them specific instructions typed up and make them sign it. Thats what I do when I don't have time or if I think I can't handle it. But I would make them pay for it and start over.
Donnie
Donnie
#12
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: God's Country (Castle Rock, Co)
Posts: 1,489
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by BallisticDiesel
Take them to small claims court.
Donnie
Take them to small claims court.
Donnie
#13
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: West Illinois
Posts: 341
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by BPD239
the EGT gauge had something loose inside that would cause the needle to stop working until you flicked the side of the gauge.
the EGT gauge had something loose inside that would cause the needle to stop working until you flicked the side of the gauge.
#14
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 160
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
1st gen Hobie...I found that trading the truck fixed the problem! It was a major pain and I felt the whole time I had the autometer gauges I couldn't be confident about what temps and pressures I was seeing. I could flick the EGT gauge and watch the needle jump 50-100 degrees in any direction. I had the fuel pressure gauge installed about 1 week when the first one died. Three gauges later it seemed to work....who knows for sure though because the gauge was failing so that when you started the truck it would show over 15 psi of pressure. The third gauge would sweep down to about 6 so I had to "assume" my $250 fuel pressure gauge was working. Not the kind of performance I would expect for the $$. I only believed what I saw on the Boost gauge.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
94dodgeman
12 Valve Engine and Drivetrain
57
05-17-2015 09:19 AM
whitelightin6.7
3rd Gen Engine and Drivetrain -> 2007 and up
2
09-04-2011 12:52 AM
ratlratl
3rd Gen Engine and Drivetrain -> 2007 and up
81
03-12-2010 09:04 PM
arroyojim
12 Valve Engine and Drivetrain
20
09-30-2005 08:59 PM