Guages in a Mk2

obsesscort · 04-05-2011, 09:15 PM

Hey Guys,

Just making a new dash fascia for my mk2 and am looking at getting a water temp, oil pressure and voltemeter.

voltemeter is straighforward, however, would i need to buy electric or mechanical guages for my '78 mk2??? do all brands hook up? is there any advice a fellow guage installer could supply!

obsesscort · 04-05-2011, 10:35 PM

Terrible spelling of gauges in all parts of this post - sorry!

muzzy · 08-05-2011, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by obsesscort

Hey Guys,

Just making a new dash fascia for my mk2 and am looking at getting a water temp, oil pressure and voltemeter.

voltemeter is straighforward, however, would i need to buy electric or mechanical guages for my '78 mk2??? do all brands hook up? is there any advice a fellow guage installer could supply!

No not all gauges hook up the escort gauges are earthed to move
IE low/no resistance from the sender = high reading ( fuel, water)
High resistance = low reading , ( cold, no fuel) VDO are the same, however some others work opposite
Muzzy